When it comes to healthcare and surgical cart manufacturing, the stakes couldn't be higher. Every cart that leaves our facility is someone's lifeline — a spine surgery system, a robotic navigation platform, or a mobile ultrasound unit that a care team depends on every single day. At GMI Solutions, we don't just manufacture carts.
We manufacture what matters.
GMI's journey into medical carts is a culmination of 15 years of work on cart-based products. About 15 years ago, we saw the industry start to transition from stable fixed systems in a surgical theater into mobile cart-based solutions. For us, it was a natural progression — we already had the foundation of all the insides of the carts, because the historical surgical theater components — embedded PCs, control cabinets — were being transitioned into those carts. We grew with the industry, which gave us a wealth of tribal knowledge when it came to not only manufacturing carts, but designing them. With over 40 years of medical device contract manufacturing experience, our expertise spans imaging systems, treatment systems, patient monitoring, robotic surgical equipment, and other critical care technologies.
Specialized in High-Mix, Low-to-Medium Volume Production - Perfect for CartsWe've been building medical surgical carts for over 20 years. Through that, there have been a lot of lessons learned — and we document that and create processes to reflect all those lessons learned, applying them to every new project. One of the things we often talk about is that we're good at high-mix, low volume. With surgical carts, you're talking about hundreds when you're at max run rate, and that presents its own challenges — especially when everyone has to work the same way, and your FDA files are relying on that from a procurement perspective. GMI specializes in high-mix, low-to-medium volume manufacturing. Our infrastructure is optimized for flexibility and responsiveness rather than high-volume commodity production. Whether you're launching a first-of-kind robotic surgery platform or scaling an established surgical navigation cart, GMI's ecosystem was built precisely for you. GMI supplies cart solutions to some of the world's best know brands.
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Complete System Integration CapabilitiesGMI Solutions has extensive experience in complete system-level integration for medical and capital equipment OEMs. Our system integration capabilities span embedded computing solutions (30+ years), power systems, medical cart assembly, cable management, and complete turnkey devices. GMI operates as a complete solutions provider, handling everything from individual subassemblies to fully integrated, tested, and certified systems. Our cart-specific capabilities include:
GMI offers OEMs a true single-source solution with guaranteed quality, while keeping you up to date on the latest technologies that could benefit your products. We offer single-SKU convenience while managing sub-tier suppliers on your behalf. |
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Engineering Intelligence — From Prototype to ProductionModern surgical carts may support shoulder surgery, hip surgery, and spinal surgery — meaning one cart may be housing 2 or 3 different use modes in one assembly. That's where GMI provides a lot of value. When you look at the thermals and the organization of compute solutions within a cart, GMI has a long history in that — we understand it, and we can look at the structure of a cart and make recommendations or even do some design work for you regarding how the electronics should work within that cart. Another thing that really helps, especially if you're bringing a cart or a new mobile solution (or new version) to market in healthcare, is to have us take a look at the industrial design side of things. Between the alpha and beta stages, we can help bring a lot of things to light, because of our decades of experience doing mobile solutions. GMI evaluates your design from both a manufacturability perspective and a pricing perspective. We can help guide design decisions that are going to give you a more repeatable product at the best price possible. Our dedicated NPI team will work with you to manage every detail of transferring your cart assembly into full production in a controlled, methodical manner. |
A Best-in-Class Supply Chain for Medical CartsGMI has one of the best-in-class supply chains when it comes to medical carts. Through our experience across early cart programs, we've evolved our sourcing relationships and now understand that different form factors need different casters, different stabilizer assemblies, and different levels of engineering precision — from economical casters all the way to solutions that give the surgeon confidence that their product is not going to move during a surgical procedure. GMI proactively identifies and manages single-source risks as part of our supply chain strategy. During the NPI phase, our sourcing team systematically identifies single-source exposures and works with the OEM to build mitigation strategies that may include alternate source qualification, safety stock programs, or long-term supply agreements. Our dual-hemisphere presence across the US and China provides geographic diversification, giving your program resilience against regional supply disruptions. |
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Packaging & Logistics: Covered.
When you invest millions of dollars in a cutting-edge surgical platform, how it arrives at its destination matters as much as the quality when it leaves manufacturing. At GMI, packaging is not an afterthought — it's an engineered part of the product experience. GMI offers custom packaging including sustainable, reusable, and recyclable options, along with full logistic services support. For surgical cart systems, that means purpose-built wood crate solutions designed to protect your investment, impress your end users, and streamline installation from the moment the shipment arrives on site.
Purpose-Built Wood Crates for High-Value Critical Systems
Our wood crates are purpose-engineered for complex, heavy cart systems — not just cosmetically, but functionally. The crate design affords opportunities for access panels and custom features — for example, one side of the crate can drop down and become a ramp so that one person can wheel a cart off, versus having a two-man or four-man lift, or a winch lift. That kind of thoughtful design makes installation faster, safer, and far less burdensome for your field teams and hospital customers.
Reusable Crates — Smart Economics, Smaller Footprint
GMI's Packaging Expertise Includes:
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One of the first reasons OEMs come to us is our speed to market. We're a very nimble organization, and we've proven time and time again that we can hit commercial launch dates. That's the priority for OEMs — get this technology out into the market so they can capture as much of the market as possible. And on the back end, GMI has done a great job of committing to gaining efficiencies and driving improvements through DFM — not just launching a cart, but managing the full lifecycle of that cart.
GMI operates a formalized NPI (New Product Introduction) Launch Process structured in four clearly defined phases — Prospect, Quote, Prototype, and Production Transfer. Through parallel engineering activities, proactive facility readiness, and a dedicated production team, the transition from prototype to full production is a controlled, confident handoff leading to a smooth ramp-up to full production volume.
A big part of GMI's value is that we manage the complete product lifecycle — including all of the intricate electronics that are inside the unit. OEMs are not capital equipment companies; they're software companies. Their bread and butter is the software — what the system does. They don't want to manage the hardware. They're constantly looking for partners that can manage that portion of the build — someone truly turnkey, so they can focus on what makes their product great.
GMI becomes a true extension of your team.
We always begin with an in-person kickoff workshop that brings our Tiger team and your team together to establish a project plan, create synergies, and feel like one solidified team. There's no delineation between GMI and the medical OEM — and that drives a lot of success.
GMI serves tier-one global OEMs including Philips, GE Healthcare, Abbott, Stryker, Samsung, Johnson & Johnson, Danaher, Siemens, and Elekta.
Notable cart programs include: Robotic spinal surgery carts (a 3-cart system taken from a French design firm's concept through DFM, supply chain migration from EU to US, and production with a 35% build-time reduction), microwave ablation carts, autonomous robotic carts, and multiple embedded computing platforms spanning 4+ generations.
We offer a full breadth of services for delivery of tested, turnkey cart solutions:
GMI Solutions helps assemble, integrate and test products for longevity and quality. Some of the worlds' top brands trust GMI Solutions global facilities to manage their outsourced assembly and test of extremely complex mobile and fixed products. Let's discuss what we can do for you!
GMI Solutions America
10202 North Enterprise Drive
Mequon, WI 53092 USA
(262) 242-8800
contact@gmisolutions.com
Embedded PCs & Computing
Our facility is FDA registered, ISO 13485 certified, equipped with a Class 10,000 Clean Room, and able to perform 240V system testing. We also handle DHR creation and retention, revision control, and certifications, including UL, CE, ETL, and China CCC (including from U.S. facilty). Another critical aspect of our manufacturing process is our commitment to electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection. Our facilities are equipped with ESD-safe flooring, workstations, and tools to ensure delicate electronics are always protected.