Case Study
Manufacturing company challenges in reducing material cost for its MICA window GM tubes to increase its global market share
Challenges
- Seek a strategic sourcing partner in the US that can manage and deliver considerable material savings by manufacturing parts in Low cost region.
- Decrease material cost in products to increase the market share of their products, by providing high quality, competitive cost, and a nimble supply chain
Solutions Provided
- Competitive pricing with fixed prices for 3 years on most parts and assemblies
- Seamless transition of manufacturing to India
- An integrated supply chain managed by our offices in US and India
- US based value engineering and customer support
- Material replenishment planning and implementation of Kanban to reduce supply disruption.
This company manufactures a large mix of mica-based radiation entrance window GM tubes of various geometries including pancake GM tubes as well as end window and side window configurations. For their mica-based GM tubes business it has increased their market share by over 50% in the last 4 years.
How we assisted in reducing cost and improving quality
After initially establishing the supplier base in India in major manufacturing hubs, we quickly moved all protype production to India, to improve the quality of the product we managed to use corrosive resistant materials as per drawings without any increase in quoted price. In the second year of manufacturing we developed two additional suppliers in India for redundancy as well as managing the increase in order quantity. We have also maintained the pricing for well over 3 years.
We and our subsidiaries currently manufacture over 20 sku for business and most of these sku have Kanban that are maintained in the US enabling a quick delivery.
We and our subsidiaries currently manufacture over 20 sku for business and most of these sku have Kanban that are maintained in the US enabling a quick delivery.
CASE STUDY RESULTS
The manufacturer was able to increase the market share in mica window GM tubes as they had the best cost, quality and delivery and were significantly better than their competitor.
Why choose us
Experience
Our engineers have over 25 years of experience manufacturing high quality precision products while maintaining seamless delivery at a competitive price and are adept at managing low cost region supply chain.
We have expertise in Design for Manufacturing and Value engineering, these skills are utilized at every opportunity to decrease the cost of goods for our customer.
We have expertise in Design for Manufacturing and Value engineering, these skills are utilized at every opportunity to decrease the cost of goods for our customer.
U.S.-Based Engineering and Customer Support
Our Houston based engineering and customer support teams are quick to respond to any inquiry and are only a phone call away if you have questions about your order. Our engineering team can help with Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Value engineering resulting in design improvements and reduction in manufacturing costs in addition to improving product quality.
