Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
42% of the surveyed surgical/medical gloves manufacturers, 14% of the companies in other
medical consumables segment and 29% in non-consumables segment are open to offer field
attachment program for lecturers / instructors from educational and TVET institutions to gain
industrial experience.
Figure 3-50: Willingness to offer field attachment program for lecturers / instructors from
educational and TVET institutions
TOTAL
Surgical/Medical
Gloves
Other Medical
Consumables
Non-consumables
24% 42% 14% 29%
open to offer
field attachment
program open to offer
field attachment
program open to offer
field attachment
program open to offer
field attachment
program
(n=68) (n=12) (n=35) (n=21)
3.5 Industry Automation
The surgical/medical gloves segment has the highest automation adoption in the medical
devices industry, with all the surveyed companies in the segment indicate that at least 11%
of their business processes are currently automated and 17% of them claim that 51% to 80%
of their business processes are automated. 33% of the companies feel that more than 50% of
the automated business processes can be considered labour saving.
All the surveyed non-consumables companies also say that they have implemented some
form of automation in their business processes. 45% of the companies highlight that 31% to
50% of the business processes are automated, whereas 15% indicate that 51% to 80% of their
business processes are automated. 35% of the companies feel that more than half of the
automated business processes can be considered labour saving.
The automation adoption level is the lowest within other medical consumables segment, with
12% of the companies not implementing any form of automation and 55% of them have 30%
or less of their business processes automated. 20% of the companies feel that more than half
of the automated business processes can be considered labour saving.
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