Leading Contact Lens Manufacturer Manages Product Quality and Compliance Management Worldwide with PLM
SAN
JOSE, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agile Software
Corporation (NASDAQ:AGIL), a leading provider of product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions, today announced that CooperVision, one of
the world's leading and fastest-growing manufacturers of contact
lenses, has implemented Agile Product Quality Management (PQM) as its
global quality solution. Through the company's recent acquisition of
Ocular Sciences, CooperVision doubled in size and required a robust and
scalable solution capable of supporting its quality management and
regulatory compliance requirements worldwide. After a thorough
evaluation of the PLM market, CooperVision selected Agile because of
its deep life sciences industry expertise, best practice solutions and
unmatched product offering.
"The Agile solution has not only addressed our immediate
quality and compliance needs, but has provided us with a roadmap for
the future," said Christine Moench, vice president regulatory affairs
and quality assurance, CooperVision. "Agile has become a trusted
advisor in helping us innovate, meet our high quality standards more
efficiently and achieve critical time-to-market goals."
A
rapidly growing company, CooperVision has become the third largest
contact lens maker in the world with a network of facilities in 12
countries across five continents. Prior to implementing Agile,
CooperVision relied on a variety of paper-based control systems and
electronic systems that were limited to local sites, but did not
provide the company with enterprise-wide visibility or a global
repository of product information. Following the company's acquisition
and subsequent increase in size, CooperVision realized a need to
automate its quality and compliance processes and create an electronic
repository that is updated in real-time and accessible across the
enterprise. The Agile Product Quality Management solution features
document management, product record control, and corrective and
preventive actions
(CAPA) management, which enables CooperVision to
meet strict, international compliance requirements pertaining to
product quality, safety and efficacy across its diverse portfolio.
"Our
global quality team unanimously chose Agile," said Bryan Horrocks,
manager, global quality systems, CooperVision. "It was the easiest and
most flexible solution we evaluated. We looked at other solutions that
could handle specific quality events, but they couldn't complete the
closed-loop CAPA management requirements like Agile."
Agile
Product Quality Management, part of the Agile 9.2 solution suite,
includes advanced analytics capabilities to drive improved product
quality and customer satisfaction by tightly integrating customer,
product, quality and regulatory information within a closed-loop
corrective action system.
Agile Product Quality Management enables
medical device companies to fulfill customer demands for higher
quality, faster response and compliance with regulatory requirements.
From R&D, prototype development and clinical trials, through
regulatory approval, new product introduction, market acceptance, and
end-of-life, Agile 9.2 is a complete PLM solution suite that guides
product development efforts to virtually ensure compliance quality.
"A
compliant data set is mission-critical for success in the medical
device industry," said Jay Fulcher, Agile CEO and president.
"Companies such as CooperVision are quickly recognizing the essential
role of PLM for automating the compliance process and managing data,
while improving product quality and customer satisfaction. We are
pleased that CooperVision selected Agile to assist them as they execute
on their PLM vision."
About Agile Software Corporation
Agile
Software Corporation (NASDAQ:AGIL) helps companies drive profits,
accelerate innovation, improve quality, enable globalization and ensure
regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle. With a broad
suite of enterprise class PLM solutions and time-to-value focused
implementations, Agile helps companies get the most from their
products. 3COM, Acer, Bayer, Broadcom, CooperVision, Dell Inc.,
Flextronics International, Foxconn, GE Medical Systems, Harris, Heinz,
Johnson & Johnson, Johnson Diversey, Lockheed Martin, McAfee,
McDonald's, Micron, Philips, QUALCOMM, Sharp, Shell, Siemens, Tyco
Healthcare and ZF are among the over 11,000 customers in the
automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer packaged goods,
electronics, high tech, industrial products, and life sciences
industries that have licensed Agile solutions. For more information,
call 408-284-4000 or visit www.agile.com.
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and the Agile logo are registered trademarks and Agile On Demand, Agile
Advantage, Agile Product Collaboration, Agile Product Cost Management,
Agile Product Governance & Compliance, Agile Product Service &
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FCMN Contact: lgoodwin@blancandotus.com
Source: Agile Software Corporation
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