Unlocking Manufacturing Effectiveness: Practical Strategies for Overcoming Production Constraints
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Speaker : JOSE IGNACIO MORA
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When : Wednesday, May 28, 2025
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Time : 01 : 00 PM EST
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José Mora is a Principal Consultant specializing in Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Systems. For over 30 years he has worked in the medical device and life sciences industry specializing in manufacturing, process development, tooling, and quality systems. Prior to working full time as a consulting partner for Atzari Consulting, José served as Director of Manufacturing Engineering at Boston Scientific and as Quality Systems Manager at Stryker Orthopedics, where he introduced process performance, problem solving, and quality system methodologies. During that time he prepared a white paper on the application of lean manufacturing methods to the creation and management of controlled documents and a template for strategic deployment. José led the launch of manufacturing at a start-up urology products company as Director of Manufacturing for UroSurge, Inc. at the University of Iowa’s business incubator park in Coralville, IA, creating a world-class medical device manufacturing operation, with JIT, kanban systems, visual workplace and lean manufacturing practices. José worked for 10 years at Cordis Corporation, now a Cardinal Health company, where he led the successful tooling, process development and qualification of Cordis’ first PTA (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty) catheter. His medical device experience includes surgical instruments, PTA & PTCA dilatation and guiding catheters, plastic surgery implants and tissue expanders, urology implants and devices for the treatment of incontinence, delivery systems for brachytherapy, orthopaedic implants and instruments, and vascular surgery grafts and textiles. During his time at Cordis, José managed the Maintenance and Facilities Department, taking that operation to a level rated as “tops” by the UK Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) during one of their intensive audits. Jose managed Manufacturing Engineering as part of the Guiding Catheter Core Team of managers, a team that took the Cordis Guiding Catheter business to lead the market, bringing it up from fourth place. By introducing world-class techniques, the Guiding Catheter design and manufacturing was completely re-engineered for robust design and tooling, under Jose’s leadership. He was also instrumental and played a leadership role in the complete re-engineering of the Tooling Control System, including design drafting, the tool shop and technical support. Wherever he has worked, he has a track record of introducing world-class methodologies such as Kepner-Tregoe, Taguchi techniques, Theory of Constraints, Lean Manufacturing, Five S (Visual Workplace), process validation to Global Harmonization Task Force standards, and similar approaches..
In today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment, being busy doesn’t always translate to being productive. Operations that appear smooth on the surface may in fact be stagnant—or even declining—in terms of output. The hidden culprit is often an overlooked constraint or bottleneck quietly limiting the entire system’s performance.
In this session, industry expert José Ignacio Mora shares a practical approach inspired by the Theory of Constraints. Rather than diving into the full TOC framework, José focuses on how to “chip away” at constraints by off-loading appropriate work to non-constraints. The goal: improve overall throughput without costly tools or disruptive overhauls.
Drawing on real-world experience and case studies, José equips attendees with actionable insights that teams can start applying right away to boost performance and reduce operational waste.
Areas Covered
- Recognizing process constraints through observation and warning signs from operations, without using formal analytics
- Methods in a step-by-step process that will reduce constraint impacts, including upstream or downstream task shifting,
- Why it is counterproductive to focus on the bottleneck’s efficiencies, and instead, what teams should do
- Strategies to bring up total line throughput by using lean principles and Theory of Constraints-based logic
- How to shift from “efficient” operations to truly productive systems
Who Should Attend
This session is tailored for professionals responsible for operational excellence in regulated industries, particularly medical device manufacturers. Roles that will benefit include:
- Operations Managers & Directors
- Manufacturing & Process Engineers
- R&D and Product Development Leaders
- Quality Assurance & Regulatory Professionals
- Design Assurance Engineers
- Document Control Managers
- VPs of Engineering, QA, or Manufacturing
Why Should You Attend
If your production floor is constantly busy—but output still falls short of goals—this session is for you.
Attendees will gain:
- A new perspective on how constraints limit productivity—and what you can do about it without disrupting operations.
- Practical, low-cost techniques to rebalance workflows by leveraging non-constraints.
- Clear distinctions between operational productivity and system productivity, and why aligning the two is critical.
- Real-world examples showing how small strategic shifts created significant improvements in throughput.
Whether you’re leading a large-scale facility or a high-growth startup, this session delivers the tools and mindset needed to drive sustainable gains in output, without waiting for a major transformation initiative.
In a world where continuous improvement is essential for survival, many organizations feel stuck between doing nothing and adopting expensive, complex methodologies. This session offers a better way: go back to the fundamentals, take targeted action, and create real results. Whether managing a large manufacturing plant or a rapidly growing startup, these insights will equip attendees with the knowledge and the tools to implement changes for long-term increases in output.
Without continuous improvement, you are at risk of going out of business quickly. Yet, with many, mostly expensive, continuous improvement methodologies, it is expensive and hard to implement and drive continuous improvement in any organization.
Hence, going back to the basics is the solution - and the best solution, if you want to achieve your corporate objectives and beat the competition.
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$199.00
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