Rapid application development and extreme manufacturing challenges
Methodologies behind a 100-day, 200x production ramp and how they can transform your programme.
When the true scale of the Covid-19 pandemic became apparent in March 2020, the UK government faced a significant 'ventilator gap' — 5,900 ICU units in service against a projected requirement for 20,000. With no local manufacturing base and overwhelming global demand eliminating international purchases, the Ventilator Challenge UK consortium was formed to bridge the gap.
Re-engineering and re-certifying an existing Penlon design produced the ESO2, ultimately satisfying the bulk of the requirement. To conduct that re-engineering, re-certification, and ramp production over 200-fold within 100 days was the manufacturing challenge of a lifetime — and normal measures would not suffice. This webinar focuses less on the story and more on how the working methodologies conceived, developed and refined in almost real-time during the project can be applied: to challenger organisations seeking prototype gateways more quickly; to production-bound IP holders struggling to realise their market-share potential; and to larger organisations looking to ensure competitive advantage in a post-Covid world.
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What this session covers
Scale of the challenge
A 200-fold production ramp inside 100 days — re-engineering and re-certifying an existing design under regulatory scrutiny, with no room for normal lead-time assumptions.
Rapid application development
Bespoke web-based tooling (MRP, BoM, issue management, production planning, scrappage, shortages, inspection reports) built and deployed to support 350 users across the consortium.
Working methodologies
Methods conceived and refined in near-real-time during VCUK, captured after the fact into a coherent implementation methodology for programmes outside crisis conditions.
Who this applies to
Challenger organisations chasing prototype gateways, IP holders stuck short of market share, and established players looking beyond business-as-usual for competitive edge.
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