Management of Outside Processor Sterilization
Suppose you are a medical device manufacturer that uses a vendor to perform sterilization outside processing. You want to use descriptive flexfields to create labels that indicate whether assemblies have been sterilized.
Setup
Modify the descriptive flexfield on the Operations window to indicate the need for and number of sterilization labels. Create a value set that specifies an acceptable range of values you can enter for your sterilization labels.
Execution
When you receive sterilized assemblies from your vendor, use the Move Transactions window to move the assemblies to the next operation and require entry of the number of sterilization labels to be printed. You can use a number of Oracle tools to create a report that prints your actual labels. You can further modify the Move Transactions window to launch that report upon recording the label information. Next, you can set up a printer close to your receipt area to immediately apply the labels to your sterilized material.
