AI Magazine Issue 11 2018

38 Acquisition International - Issue 11 2018 Bartek Design Ltd, now trading as BDL.consulting, is a provider of Project Management, Mechanical Engineering and Quality Assurance Consulting Services to the Medical Device Product Development and Manufacturing Industry. We caught up with their Manging Director, Barry Lyons to gain an absorbing insight into the firm and the services it offers. artek Design, as BDL.consulting was first called, has become very successful at Designing and developing consumer products for customers, The company primarily provides services to the Medical Device sector, specialising in developing hand held and wearable devices like drug delivery insulin pens, inhalers and glucose monitoring devices. Being able to offer a complete end to end service from product design to manufacturing is quite a portfolio, and this has been achieved by approximately 30 years of industry service by its Director Barry Lyons. Bartek Design itself has been in business for 18 years. “An essential skillset to keep the above attributes on schedule, is the ability to do good project management”, states Barry Lyons. He has been trained in PMP and Prince 2 project management methods and uses these tools to keep track of the daily progress on the customers projects. Without implementing good Project Management methodology and using these tools, Barry knows that the projects would fail to meet their target deliverables of Time, Scope and Cost. Customers are dependable on Project Deliverables. Tracking the scope changes effectively by implementing a change control board with the customer is vital to controlling the project and in keeping the customer informed. Company: Bartek Design Ltd Contact: Barry Lyons - Managing Director Address: Office 15, Unit 1, North Park, North Road, Finglas, D11 E6C3, Ireland Website: www.bdl.consulting Helping Companies to Release Their Products toMarket B Oct18303 On a business level Barry Lyons recognises the fact that failure by suppliers to meet deadlines for customers results in no repeat business, so therefore keeping track of the project scope is an important part of the service to his customers and is critical for keeping his business alive. After receiving the ‘Irish Business Top 100 in Project Management” award Barry Lyons commented: “Receiving this award has been justification of our strict adherence to good project management principles and fundamentally highlights this organisational skillset to our customers.” Commenting on the company progress for the award interview Barry Lyons explained: “Over the years I have found that, as a service orientated consultancy, I have had to constantly re-invent myself and my firm to keep up with changes in business practise and demands. Evolution, re- invention and constantly upgrading the skillset is how we achieve this. For instance, we recently we renamed the company to ‘ Bartek Design Ltd. consulting ’, or BDL.consulting for short, using one of the new internet ‘dot’ domain names. By changing the name to something that had a medical reference, it has helped us attract more targeted business clients to our website www.bdl.consulting. “Fundamentally, I believe that the reasons for our success are due to having approximately 30 years’ experience in the plastics manufacturing industry, coupled with the knowledge of working with global corporations across three continents. Having good work ethics, manners, respect for your clients and most importantly the skillset that they require are all very important attributes. This has all contributed to getting us where we are today.” As part of this focus on innovation and evolution, Barry and his team are committed to using the latest technology to enhance the services they offer clients, as he is keen to highlight. “As part of our commitment to evolution and reinvention, we embrace new technology and update our systems constantly. We have invested in 3D modelling and free form surfacing software, Mould Rheology software, and most recently “...I believe that the reasons for our success are due to having approximately 30 years’ experience in the plastics manufacturing industry, coupled with the knowledge of working with global corporations across three continents. ”