Up to this point, you’ve been heavily involved in every detail of your product, but in production your manufacturing partners assume day-to-day ownership. Even though they will manage most of the details, it is paramount to have on-going communication and management oversight; it is your product after all.
Hardware Development Finish Line: Achieving Steady-State Production Read More »
It may be a daunting task to find suppliers or manufacturers if you haven’t done this before. The process to find a supplier, much less one that will be good for your business, isn’t like shopping online.
Hardware Marathon Detour: Selecting Your Supply Chain Read More »
With the supply chain crisis, CMs are pushing the responsibility to find parts onto their customers.
Contract Manufacturing isn’t What You Think it is Anymore Read More »
For companies with physical products, survival is dependent upon their ability to navigate unpredictable part shortages.
Persevering Through a Supply Chain Crisis Read More »
When the supply chain doesn’t work, products get delivered late or not at all. It’s inconvenient if it’s that desk ordered two months ago. It can be deadly if the product is a ready source of light for Ugandan mothers giving birth in darkness.
Delivering During Supply Chain Shortages Read More »
Reshoring seems simple: bring manufacturing back home. The counterargument—offshoring saves money—is also simple, and for decades has been perceived as a winner. Reality lies somewhere in between…
Live Power Intelligence is a data analytics company; they are not experts in hardware design. Their internal resource who designed the complicated physics of the sensor was a creative genius, but didn’t have the expertise to design the product for ease of manufacturing nor long-term field reliability.
Innovation in the Power Market Read More »
A visual management system will help you keep a cool head when rumors of material shortages or unavailability occur.
Inventory Management for Beginners Read More »
