As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), the goals of outsourcing work to a contract manufacturer (CM) are twofold: create a high-quality product and maximize your spend. Both of these goals can be successfully accomplished if your CM holds Engineering Release Meetings. …
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Outsourcing Your Product Assembly? 4 Facts You Need To Know
The decision to outsource product assembly and manufacturing is not black and white. For many Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) companies, outsourcing manufacturing and product development includes many grey areas where various advantages and disadvantages need to be weighed. Especially when …
Product Design Engineering: Practices To Love And Practices To Leave Behind
Do you want your customers to love your products or leave them behind? The answer is obviously the former — so what are you doing to foster that love? Original equipment manufacturers may seek contract manufacturing partners for outsourced manufacturing …
Reasons Why Lean Manufacturing Culture Must Begin With Top Leaders
Every Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) has heard of lean manufacturing – it’s talked about at trade shows, industry blogs and in nearly every book on manufacturing ever published. You also know why it’s essential that your outsourced contract manufacturer employ …
Why A Lean Office Is Just As Important As Lean Manufacturing Services
As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), you’ve no doubt heard of lean manufacturing. You’ve probably even implemented several lean initiatives on your own production floor. However, lean efforts are often overlooked when it comes to your front office and administrative …
6 Essential Steps To Define, Discover & Plan For Your Legacy Product
Learn how to define, discover and strategically plan for any existing legacy products on your assembly line to improve your profit potential. As an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), addressing the issues of your legacy products is critical to protecting your …
5 Mistakes OEMs Make When Outsourcing To A Contract Manufacturer
When choosing a contract manufacturer (CM) to bring certain products of your original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to market, you need to be extremely careful. Too often, OEMs want the outsourcing process to begin straight away and end up neglecting certain …
Legacy Products: The Basics Of The 80/20 Principle For OEMs
When you have a product line that’s continually shrinking gross margins or consistently lacking in sales, it is on the decline of the product lifecycle. As the decision-maker at your OEM (original equipment manufacturer) company, when you have a legacy …
11 Ways OEM’s Ensure The Right Contract Manufacturer Partnership
Finding the best contract manufacturer for your business is one of the most important decisions when it comes to successfully bringing your products to market. Choosing the right contract manufacturing service for your business is also one of the most …
Why Your Contract Manufacturer Should Operate With An Open Book
As an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), when you choose to outsource to a contract manufacturer you must be certain that the contract manufacturer is producing your product at a reasonable overall cost and with the same quality your customers have …