Manufacturability optimisation is the heart of our business.
All the way from our quote, we analyse manufacturability, layout, and component selection to offer the most cost-effective manufacturing method and to avoid risks with material availability. Not all electronics designers have the time and resources to thoroughly investigate and understand all the complex requirements of a product’s manufacturing. Manufacturability optimisation can often achieve substantial cost savings over a product’s life cycle from prototyping to serial production.
Prototyping and feedback
Most manufacturers are disinterested in prototyping and small runs – they are seen as a burden. All the same, the fact remains that prototypes are required to build a successful manufacturing process. We specialise in the prototyping stage.
Our key personnel understand the challenges of product development projects in depth. Our employees’ technical knowledge is the solid foundation of our manufacturing services. The schedule is often everything. We can help customers shave off a week or two from their critical prototype stages.
We emphasise flexibility, expedience, and customer feedback in our operational concept for a reason. These are all necessary for product development projects, which often have elements of uncertainty in their schedules, as is well known.
We pave the way from prototypes to successful manufacturing processes. Our feedback about the prototype or pre-production run is valuable information that allows the customer to further develop the product for efficient production.
Material benefits from close cooperation
The sooner we can be involved in product development and give feedback on manufacturability in the manufacturing process, the better the chances of a successful product launch: more reliable products released to market faster. Close cooperation may well avoid an unnecessary prototype cycle, for example. Likewise, manufacturability optimisation and prototype process feedback will save on unit cost during serial production and increase the flexibility of production by improving lead times.
Risk management through material logistics
We can use components supplied by the customer or save the customer some valuable time by handling all material logistics. The availability of components, not production resources, is often the root cause of uncertainty in schedules. We provide customers with our full material logistics expertise during the product development stage. For managing schedule risk and responsibilities, it is often best if we take care of the whole component procurement process, including buffer stock.