Value Chain

Value Chain

1. Research & Product Development

   • Increasingly, lead firms are acquiring new products through mergers ans acquisitions  rather than undertaking the product development process internally, this provides an opportunity for smaller firms to enter the market
   • other components of R&D include Prototype; sustaining engineering
   • Process Development
     • Regulatory approval
       • Jamaican government like all other countries have regulatory standards and guidelines that need to be adhered to. (see goo.gl/sgvwMZ )
       • This is an area Jamaica already has a blue print in order to guide the process for manufacturing of various disposable syringes

2. Components Manufacturing

   • Software Development
     • Electronics/Electrical component
       • Precision metalwork
         • Plastics Extrusion & Molding
           •  There are a few plastic manufacturers in the Jamaican market that could capitalize on being a supplier for plastic component already. especially "United Plastics co Ltd"
           • They manufacture amongst other things, plastic caps & containers for pharmceutical industry.
           • Weaving/Knitting Textiles

3. Assembly

   • Packaging
     • Sterilzation

4. Distribution

   • There is adequate storage resources that can be utilized f
   • Final Products
     • High volume disposables, such as syringes. Manufacturing of these products requires less medical expertise than other product categories, but producers must comply with specific quality standards for medical devices.
     • Buyers
       • Jamaica's main market for export within the medical device category is USA with only 37.25%, and exporting only $318K in  2016, there is a great opportunity for growth in the area.
       • Wholesale Distributors
         • Hospitals (Public & Private)
           • Individual patients

5. Marketing & Sales

6. Post-Sales Services

   • http://www.jamaicatradeandinvest.org/sites/default/files/resources/DoingBusinessJamaicaKnowledgeServicesFeb2014.pdf Jamaica already has the infastructiure in place to accommodate post sale services in the value chain

Images and files in the map

• Process of making the medical syringe (Embed)
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• R1 Commercial Park - Premium Warehouse Business Solution (Embed)