TheTurnkeyEnvironmentResolvestheChallengeofEfficiency

Time Matters More Than Ever

Over the past couple of decades, many corporate cultures have evolved as advances in technology have allowed businesses to dramatically streamline processes and communicate instantly, around the world, 24-hours a day. That streamlining and instant communication has led to employees being stretched to learn more, deliver more and be more accurate in more processes than ever before. What used to take several people to accomplish, may now only take a single employee. From fast food workers to the most celebrated rocket scientist, everyone is multi-tasking.

The people who are working in fast paced industries that produce any kind of electronics, from personal devices or components for government satellite systems, seem to have more on their plate than ever before.

Finding turnkey solutions for outsourced electronics projects matters more than ever, because time IS money. Turnkey is a faster solution than piecing out the steps of a project, which means savings to the bottom line.

In the world of electronics manufacturing, the term turnkey is often tossed around to mean different things to different companies. Reputable EMS providers use the term to describe the seamless service of using one vendor to handle every step or segment of a project, from beginning to end.

“Efficiency is doing things right;Effectiveness is doing the right things”-Peter Drucker

It goes without saying, that all turnkey providers are not the same, and it is critical to review a provider’s credentials, history and capabilities before making a final decision to award a new project. Turnkey options can vary greatly from one provider to the next, as they are driven by equipment, available applications, supply chain relationships, expertise of the team and many other factors.

A reputable turnkey EMS provider will carefully study the customer’s requirements, put together comprehensive documentation to support each step of the project and then execute the project on-time and on-budget. This is the absolute expectation of a turnkey provider in the electronics industry.

Beforedecidingtoengagewithaturnkeyprovider,itisimportanttotrulyunderstandkeybenefits.

Advantage#1:RapidDevelopmentWhen working with a turnkey EMS provider, customers typically have a single point of contact to keep them up-to-date on the project’s progress and to answer any questions about the project’s current, previous, and future status. This, in-and-of itself, expedites the manufacturing process many times over, compared to piecing out a project through several providers, resulting in several points of contact and a wide range of production schedules to coordinate.

In a turnkey environment departments work with each other and are able to address challenges or concerns proactively, and document questions to review with the customer. When a project has one vendor for PCB design, another for assembly, and yet another for packaging, there is a lot of room for error, duplicate work and miscommunication regarding specifications, systems and timelines.

The turnkey environment means each step of the process is executed with the specifications and considerations of the next step. While it seems like a simple concept, this one coordinated effort on a project can mean the difference between full functionality and costly field failures at the project end.

Advantage#2:AffordabilityWhile some may argue that it is less expensive to work their project in pieces and parts to obtain the lowest pricing from highly specialized vendors, the reality is that the cost of managing multiple providers, paired with different systems, creates a scenario that is ripe for delays, budget overages and countless frustrations for the customer, even if every provider along the way is reputable and experienced.

The affordability is in a turnkey provider’s ability to execute each step of the process correctly, to document the results and pass the project to the next department or step in the process, with no delay for shipping incomplete products to another vendor for another process.

In a turnkey environment, the team, systems and processes are designed to work together and eliminate the countless issues that arise when there are “too many cooks in the kitchen”, as is often the case when multiple providers are involved in a single project.

Advantage #3: Easy AdministrationChanges do happen, and in a turnkey environment the EMS provider is able to identify the exact step the project is in using internal project management software tools. They can make edits to the project instructions of any given step without interrupting the project flow. Or, if the changes with a project require the project to be pulled form production to address the required modifications, that can be administered with zero confusion about which vendor has the project or what stage the project is in.

Advantage#4:ExperienceMost turnkey EMS providers aren’t novices or newbies trying to make a name for themselves. Companies that offer a full-range of turnkey services are able to do so because they’ve completed hundreds, if not thousands, of projects and have mastered

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each process step-by-step. The result is a completely trackable system that accounts for every service they provide, matched with every specification required for the customer’s job.

Advantage #5: CustomizationPeople often confuse “turnkey” with “cookie-cutter”, thinking that turnkey solutions are set-up to be the same for everyone and therefore result in the same product with only minor adjustments. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Turnkey means that the systems, processes, and standards are set in place based on the provider’s capabilities. Each provider’s capabilities will vary depending on the equipment, applications, and expertise of the team involved.

With one company working on everything from engineering to end user shipping, the customer can focus more on their core competencies instead of managing each step of the design and build process.

TheStepsInvolvedinTurn-KeyServicesIn electronics manufacturing, there are more than 40 individual steps that are required to provide a turnkey solution. Within each step, there may be other documentation, questions, specifications or specific instructions which are required to complete the project, per the customer’s expectations.

In summary, choosing an electronics manufacturing service provider who has the turnkey capabilities, experience and reputation to meet your project requirements results in a seamless project, being delivered on-time and on-budget.

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