Supply Chain & Materials Management

At Cretex Medical | QTS, we provide comprehensive supply chain and materials management services tailored to the unique needs of the medical device industry. W e help streamline your operations, reduce costs, and ensure on-time delivery by helping you with reliable sourcing, inventory optimization and inspection.

Even the simplest terminally sterilized medical device can have a complex supplier network with several unique suppliers to manage, including:

• 1 or more Device Component Manufacturers
• 5 or more different Packaging Suppliers
• 1 or more Sterilizers
• 1 or more routine Test Labs

Simplify your supply chain by having QTS manage them all for you, with one purchase order. QTS has proven experience managing kits with more than 20 unique suppliers represented in a single product.

We partner with an extensive network of qualified suppliers, enabling us to source high-quality materials that meet your product’s exact requirements. Whether your project needs custom medical packaging, specialized components, or validated cleanroom materials, we’ll help you:

• Access preferred suppliers for consistent quality
• Leverage cost and lead-time advantages
• Source both domestically and internationally
• Minimize supply risks through qualified alternatives

Located in Minnesota’s medical device hub, we’re ideally positioned to collaborate with leading suppliers, accelerating turnaround times and reducing logistics costs.

In addition to an extensive network of 3^rd party suppliers, QTS is part of Cretex Medical and can partner with our sister companies, Cretex Medical | rms and Cretex Medical | CDT to deliver a complete solution.

• Cretex Medical | rms offers precision machining and additive manufacturing of components, implants and instruments along with metal fabrication of cases, trays and chassis.
• Cretex Medical | CDT offers injection molding, progressive stamping, laser processing, and advanced assembly for medical device components and devices.
• Cretex Medical | QTS provides end-of-line services including supply chain management, critical inspection and cleaning, device assembly, sterile and final packaging, label development and printing, and test lab and sterilization management. Everything your terminally sterilized medical device needs to get from a component to a final medical device, ready for patients.

Partnering with QTS means flexibility: you can provide your device for packaging, have us coordinate with your current supplier, or leverage the end-to-end manufacturing power of Cretex Medical.

Our team works with you to establish an inventory strategy to optimize order quantities, control costs and shorten lead times. This proactive approach ensures:

• Lean inventory without sacrificing availability
• Predictable production scheduling
• Reduced excess inventory and storage costs

Depending on your package design requirements, we may be able to leverage QTS’s Stock Package Program [link to section on Solutions page] to achieve additional time and cost savings for your project.

We keep your supply chain moving with precision and predictability.

Our fully integrated ERP system allows us to track raw materials, work-in-process (WIP), and finished goods in real time. This enables us to provide accurate updates on:

• Where your product is in the process
• How inventory levels align with forecasted demand
• When your next shipment will be ready

You get transparency, accountability, and peace of mind, because we’re always in the know and ready to keep you informed.

At QTS, quality is a mindset integrated into everything we do. By catching defects early, we protect product integrity and reduce the risk of downstream issues. We offer:

• Rigorous incoming inspection procedures
• Robust supplier management and CAPA programs
• Custom inspection strategies tailored to your product

QTS is 100% focused on the medical device industry, so we only partner with suppliers you can trust with your device.