Mick McHale

Mick McHale is SL Controls' Projects Director. He has over 15 years' experience in project management and engineering design. His areas of expertise include managing complex systems automation projects and bringing them to successful completion in a range of industries including pharmaceutical, medical device, and food and beverage manufacturing. He also has expertise in process and front-end design.

Case Study: Design and Implement a UDI and Batch Integrity System in a Complex Medical Device Production Facility

Equipment systems integration solutions are becoming increasingly important in medical device and pharmaceutical production facilities. There are several reasons for this including changing regulatory requirements, the need to improve the service offered to patients/users, and the need to remain competitive by making efficiency savings and increasing productivity. These were some of the motivating factors for …

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Case Study: Complying with New EU Medical Device Regulations on Unique Device Identifiers

SL Controls has worked on a range of projects over recent years helping clients in the medical device sector update their processes and production lines to comply with the new EU Medical Device Regulations (MDR). This new EU directive goes live in May 2020. One of the key requirements of the new EU MDR is …

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Infographic – The Four Pillars of Successful Project Delivery

  At SL Controls, we describe the four pillars of successful project delivery as QUAD: Q – Quality U – Utilise A – Accomplish D – Design Quality – The Assurance of a Successful Project Change management Risk management Document control Continuous Utilise – Enabling a Successful Project Resource acquisition Resource retention Resource upskilling Resource …

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The Four Pillars of Successful Project Delivery – QUAD

Successful projects don’t happen by chance. They need careful planning, proactive management, proven quality control measures, effective design, proper resourcing, and more. At SL Controls, we use an approach to deliver projects that we call QUAD. It is implemented on all systems integration projects. It involves building each project on four essential pillars of success: …

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