# Learning about the Real-world Impact of Design, Manufacturing, Quality & Culture on Patients

- Show: [Global Medical Device Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast)
- Published: 2021-03-24
- Length: 37m
- Episode: 190
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-03-24-learning-about-the-real-world-impact-of-design-manufacturing-quality-culture-on
- Listen: https://podcast.greenlight.guru/episode/learning-about-the-real-world-impact-of-design-manufacturing-quality-culture-on-patients

## Summary

Dan Purvis, CEO of Velentium, provides an update on Project V, the emergency collaboration with Ventec Life Systems, General Motors, and the U.S. government to build 30,000 ventilators in six to eight weeks. He discusses the critical intersection of design, manufacturing, and quality culture, emphasizing four variants of design: for manufacturability, test, longevity, and quality. Purvis also details Velentium's approach to embedded medical cybersecurity, including their book and certification courses, and shares insights on maintaining a quality-focused culture through training, storytelling, and fostering 'flow' states in a distributed workforce.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-03-24-learning-about-the-real-world-impact-of-design-manufacturing-quality-culture-on#t=0) Introduction and Project V Update
- [3:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-03-24-learning-about-the-real-world-impact-of-design-manufacturing-quality-culture-on#t=238) Managing Remote Work and Safety Culture
- [12:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-03-24-learning-about-the-real-world-impact-of-design-manufacturing-quality-culture-on#t=736) Design for Manufacturability and Test
- [17:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-03-24-learning-about-the-real-world-impact-of-design-manufacturing-quality-culture-on#t=1038) Embedded Medical Cybersecurity
- [26:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-03-24-learning-about-the-real-world-impact-of-design-manufacturing-quality-culture-on#t=1567) Quality Culture, Training, and Flow

## Topics

- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Medical & health devices](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/medical-devices)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Velentium (company)
- Ventec Life Systems (company)
- General Motors (company)
- Project V (product)
- Greenlight Guru (company)
- Medical Device Cybersecurity for Engineers and Manufacturers (other)

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