Want to streamline your manufacturing process and save time? Partner with a printed circuit board turnkey manufacturer. With start-to-finish support, lower shipping costs, better communication, and more, a turkey partner can significantly improve your production experience.
5 Reasons to Partner with a Printed Circuit Board Turnkey Supplier
Start-to-Finish Support
One of the main benefits of partnering with a printed circuit board turnkey manufacturer is that you will have access to support for every stage of the process, from prototyping to finishing. This will reduce the amount of planning and re-evaluation you have to do between stages in the production process.
If you were to partner with three different companies for your prototyping, production, and finishing, you would have to coordinate shipping and make adjustments with each one at every stage.
This means, if your prototype needs multiple tweaks, you will have to keep re-adjusting the time the next manufacturer can expect to receive the materials they need for production. Each production delay will influence when your product goes to finishing. Over time, even small setbacks can pile up quickly in this pipeline, leading to weeks or even months of delays.
A printed circuit board turnkey manufacturer, on the other hand, will be able to assist and make adjustments in-house for every stage of the process. Even if you need multiple prototype adjustments, they will be able to keep you on track. If something goes wrong in production, they can take responsibility and fast-track your product for finalization once it’s corrected.
Turnkey partners also tend to have more holistic knowledge of the process since they are not specializing in only one stage. This allows them to offer expert advice and assistance, leading to an overall easier process for you.
Better Communication
Similarly, communication is always going to be easier and more streamlined when you only have to speak to one company’s customer service department. When working with a printed circuit board turnkey supplier, you will both have a paper trail of documentation regarding needs, specifications, adjustments, and more.
When going between manufacturers, this trail can get disorganized. You might speak to dozens of different representatives across various companies, which can be hard to keep track of over time. This is how miscommunications happen, which inevitably result in different manufacturers passing around the blame and avoiding responsibility, which leads us into our next point.
Improved Accountability
In a similar vein, this start-to-finish process control means your printed circuit board turnkey partner will have a higher level of accountability than if you use multiple manufacturers.
For example, suppose we use the previous example where you are going between three manufacturers for prototyping, production, and finishing. Imagine what would happen if, when you receive your finalized boards, you noticed a serious manufacturing defect that would require a full re-run of production.
You call the first manufacturer to confirm that they sent the right prototype to the second manufacturer. You call the second manufacturer to ensure that production went smoothly and there were no defects seen in quality control. Then you call manufacturer number three to see if anything was off during finalization. Each manufacturer insists that the error must have occurred at another plant.
Oftentimes, this back and forth can result in the customer ultimately holding the bag for these costly errors. Even if a supplier does take responsibility, correcting these mistakes can be costly in terms of lost dollars and time.
Now, suppose you see a similar issue after partnering with a printed circuit board turnkey manufacturer. You get greater peace of mind knowing that, even if an error occurs, your supplier will be obligated to set things right as quickly as possible.
Lower Shipping Costs
Naturally, having your entire production process housed at one manufacturer will greatly reduce shipping costs for your business. Moving the product from one stage or section of a building to another is also much less time-consuming than shipping the product from one plant to another.
This also reduces costs incurred through delayed shipping or long wait times, as your product is much less likely to be lost in transit or delayed when it only has one final destination rather than multiple stops. It is also less likely to be damaged in transit.
Faster Production Time
Lastly, utilizing a printed circuit board turnkey supplier will streamline your production process, leading to overall quicker production times. Instead of having to wait for your product to ship from stage to stage, it can move seamlessly through the process. Over the years, this reduced production time can save you undetermined amounts from underutilized working hours and unforeseen delays.
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