is a company which creates human prosthesis to replace old joints. : WHAT IS DEPUY ? HIP ANKLE KNEE

How is the product made ? To produce a prosthesis, there are 6 steps : Design Moulding Polishing Packaging Supply Chain Sterilization Surgery

STEP 1 : DESIGN Everybody works together to design the next products and it is very important. In the Irish factory, the are 80 engineers among the 500 employees. The factory works 24 hours a day. The prosthesis has to preserve all natural movements !

STEP 2 : MOULDING First, The prosthesis is molded in order to give it the initial shape. Titanium Cobalt – Chrome 70% of prosthesis are made of Cobalt-Crome Titanium is stronger but it is more expensive

STEP 3 : POLISHING Polishing is very important because it avoids wearing. Each prosthesis is polished twice. ( Robot + Worker) Workers wear protection glasses. Moreover, they must not stay polishing for a long time (to avoid breathing diseases)

STEP 4 : PACKAGING The factory cares about quality. That’s why they perform a battery of tests. All the goods are packed in a warehouse. ->They are ready to be distributed.

Cork Leeds Then, all the products are shiped to the international distribution center in UK. Leeds is the main office of STEP 5 : SUPPLY CHAIN

STEP 6 : STERILIZATION In Leeds, the products are sterilized in order to avoid any risk of diseases. The Box 2 has been exposed to UV radation. The orange sticker has turned into Purple so We know that the box is sterilized. Box 2 Box 1

doesn’t deal with the surgery : it only sells its prosthesis to the surgeon. STEP 7 : SURGERY also supplies all the tools needed to implant the prosthesis for nothing.  A prosthesis costs €

is a company which is always moving forward and interested in innovation. CONCLUSION  Turnover : 26 billion euros  Market leader for knee prosthesis  360,000 units produced each year  High level of technology But there is still a strong competition between Depuy and the other companies.