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 : MOULDINGFirst, 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 : POLISHINGPolishing 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 : STERILIZATIONIn 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 2Box 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 5000-6000€

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.