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In your hand, on your desk, are the plans for The Next Big Thing. You have quotes. You have estimates. You&#;ve contacted a dozen different vendors. Places are lining up to help you get started on The Next Big Thing.
As a smart businessperson that knows good ideas don&#;t come cheap, you&#;ve been looking carefully at each of your options to get the best price for everything. On one hand, you could have one vendor do the whole thing. However, it looks like if you break up production, you could use each vendor&#;s least expensive parts and save overall.
After considering all your pros and cons, you&#;ve decided to break up your production. It saves costs, after all!
It sounds like a brilliant, low-cost plan. The Next Big Thing gets built and delivered to your customers for presumably the lowest cost. That&#;s a win, right?
Maybe. Maybe not.
Having your project spread out amongst many vendors may seem great on paper, but it can also create a lot of unknowns. You&#;ll want to consider the full cost of your mechanical assembly, including potential hiccups before fully committing to that piecemeal build.
You know that time is your most important commodity and, among other variables, this is the most likely hidden cost in your piecemeal build.
The extra time when the boards and the wires don&#;t line up right and have to be redone. Time lost when the project needs adjustments and you have to work through all the previous vendors. More lag time when the shipping company doesn&#;t have the right packaging to protect your project.
You and The Next Big Thing deserve a better way that can cut down on these losses and potentially even save you money from the start.
What you need is a start-to-finish box build with one electronic contract manufacturer (ECM) that can reduce your shipping timelines, streamline your assembly process, and reduce your costs.
How can this be, you ask? How can a single source ECM compete with the cost savings you saw in your plan with multiple vendors?
The secret is in limiting too many hands and too many transitions. Single source ECMs like Levison Enterprises, promote cost savings by limiting the number of vendors and thus, limiting the number of &#;cooks in the kitchen.&#;
Why would too many &#;cooks&#; be a problem?
The Next Big Thing is complex, right? You&#;ve got detailed plans and have thought through the entire assembly process. At the same time, you know that it&#;s likely that design changes may need to be made as assembly gets started, possibly even after The Next Big Thing is in the manufacturing stage.
When those changes happen and your needs evolve, partnering with a single source ECM will allow you to make changes with one vendor instead of having to contact multiple places. With one vendor, you eliminate the potentially disastrous costs of miscommunication, and worse, lack of accountability somewhere in your mix of vendors.
Cost is a compelling decision point and the costs of &#;what-ifs&#; are difficult to determine. The following is intended to help you get the full picture of your costs and consider the potential losses in common &#;what-ifs&#; when it comes to electronic box builds.
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Even with the risks associated with segmenting your build, sometimes the siren song of cost savings still calls. No one is in business to throw more money at a project than necessary, so of course cost is going to weigh heavily into your decision.
Before you finalize the decision to segment, do take time to consider the real costs of a piecemeal build for your project.
Mistakes are the number one threat to your project in any type of build, but they are especially costly in a segmented build. If something doesn&#;t line up right, or the wrong grade of material is used, or someone skipped a step, you have to go down the long line of your production process to get the problem fixed. Every one of your vendors will likely pass the buck to the next.
Another cost threat is in 11th-hour changes. (Yeah, we know, those never happen.) Again, changes are likely in any kind of build, but when this happens in a piecemeal build, you will have to chase changes back through several different vendors, each now having to readjust their time frames. How far back into your production line and list of vendors are you willing to go to make the changes?
Whether it&#;s mistakes or last-minute changes, it all means a massive headache for you and a lagging production timeline for your project.
Further, a lagging production timeline for whatever reason means shipping delays. This is frustrating enough, but if late delivery isn&#;t an option, you&#;re likely looking at increased costs for expedited shipping.
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In a perfect build, with ideal manufacturing partners, maybe mistakes and changes would be minimal and easy. However, the more partners you add, the greater your chances of running into a costly mistake.
An all-in-one electronic contract manufacturer relieves both of these potential threats. They know your project inside and out, making them nimble with changes on the fly that won&#;t affect your timeline. If there happens to be a mistake, they can quickly get to the root of it and make changes to the production line without having to work backward through a list of other vendors who aren&#;t interested in fixing the problem.
A single group of highly-trained people dedicated and working on your project means cost savings in materials, shipping and time. It means a transparent level of accountability. Most importantly, it means much less headache for you.
A good all-in-one ECM partner will be able to do all of your work, and do it well. You need a partner that can do SMT, through-hole technology, mixed flex circuit, and rigid flex technologies, while also keeping up-to-date on the latest technology.
If they have all the technology and processes you need, also consider whether or not the ECM can handle the full order of your project. After all, that&#;s the whole point of using an all-in-one ECM.
When it comes to the assembly itself, take a look at the work areas. Are they clean? What kind of technology have they invested to help meet the innovation needs of your projects? Can you take a tour of the facilities to see them in action? Basically, does your all-in-one ECM have the kind of space that not only meets your needs, but does it to your standards?
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Packaging and shipping are the steps that always need support from a sub-contractor. However, a good ECM partner will be willing and able to relieve this headache for you.
You are making a substantial investment in your build and packaging and shipping is not the time to skimp on costs. You want to protect that investment the best way you can. This is where your all-in-one ECM becomes a huge time saver for you as they can keep your shipping costs down and ship directly to where your project needs to go.
Your ECM knows your build and its specs. The ECM also knows the regulations and shipping methods that will work best for your product. Don&#;t risk your investment by handing this over to shipping companies that may not have experience handling electronics or other sensitive equipment just to save a buck.
Not only does your all-in-one electronics manufacturer know your needs, but they know what the shipping companies need as well. Your electronics assembler should understand tonnage and work with shippers across the U.S.A. and world to help customers achieve low-cost, high-quality shipping solutions for their products.
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When you&#;re focused on finding the right solution to design and assemble your box build, it&#;s hard to also think about what happens when this major investment eventually has a problem. Unfortunately, even the best quality projects don&#;t last forever. However, in the instance that your project needs support or repairs, an all-in-one ECM is still your best solution.
An all-in-one ECM knows your build. They helped you design it. They oversaw the manufacturing of each part and made sure it was assembled to your exact needs. No other place will be better equipped to identify technical issues when they arise.
As much as your all-in-one ECM is uniquely positioned to give you the best possible design, assembly, and shipping service, it&#;s also ideal for troubleshooting your product design and manufacturing issues.
With an electronics build to print manufacturer at the helm of your top-level assembly, the in-house team of engineers can quickly find the causes and solutions to any project issue. Whether it&#;s an entire product or a component part that needs repair, the people who built your project are going to be the fastest to find and fix the problem. Plus after the root cause is identified and every aspect of the repair is complete, your all-in-one ECM will ship it where it needs to go. All of this reduces your downtime and gets you back to what you do best.
No one wants to talk about a project breaking or malfunctioning, but to be realistic, you need to consider this in your plan. When choosing an all-in-one ECM, remember that a good ECM will stand behind their work. Ask about a warranty on your parts and assemblies. Make sure your ECM will repair your assembly and ship it back to you or directly to your end user.
We have trained and skilled engineers with a background in design and programming. Our engineers can look over your design before production and find ways to save money on parts and your complete assembly.
Our dedicated staff know your project inside and out. You&#;ll get a dedicated project manager who oversees each phase of your project build and assembly. Each phase is headed by a sub-assembly manager who will design a team of expertly trained staff who become the authority on their phase of your build.
We also create unique ideas for shipping and fulfillment. Save money and let us handle fulfillment for your box build or cabinet assembly.
We stand behind our work and offer a warranty on our assemblies. We can easily make repairs on your project because we know your project inside and out. Levison Enterprises will work with you to make sure repairs are done quickly and right.
Our quality certifications set us apart from the competition. We take quality seriously strive for continuous improvement, making us more lean, efficient, and able to create your project with speed, but also a superior attention to detail.
Levison Enterprises provides dedicated quality processes to produce reliable, critical to performance electronic integrated products through design support, comprehensive manufacturing solutions and collaborative client engagement.
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