Contract Manufacturing Consultants – Factory Audit, Supplier Evaluation, Selection

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Manufacturing factory audits can help you narrow selection of manufacturing supplier capabilities matching your contract electronics manufacturing services (EMS) program. Beyond manufacturing technical capabilities and quality certifications, understanding outsource manufacturing supplier production processes and workflows, how functional groups supporting manufacturing communicate, is equally important.

Add to this, EMS manufacturer financials, such as whether or not manufacturing suppliers you are considering are too heavily leveraged (i.e., poor debt:equity ratios) compared to EMS industry average. This can signal whether the contact manufacturer relies too heavily on revolving lines of credit (common in EMS manufacturing industry for providers of all sizes) and meaning the manufacturer may soon be recapitalizing to fend off bankruptcy.

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Depending on the P&L of your organization, your COGS are critical in making or breaking the quarter. Your ability to bring product to your customers in a timely manner with the right quality, at the right price is a cornerstone to your survival. You want to rely on your EMS manufacturing partner, so to help in selecting suitable contract manufacturers below are articles and resources available to you.

We can help you identify, audit, and select contract manufacturers. Save time. Save money

For years, Venture Outsource has served the top contact manufacturing consulting firms and we can serve your organization also with our private consulting and research projects. In addition to contract manufacturing expert witness work, some contract manufacturing project examples are below.

Contract manufacturing consulting

Understanding EMS manufacturer services and technical capabilities by provider, EMS factory, geography, and EMS global industry; development and review of contract manufacturing request-for-quote (RFQ) procedures, templates and documentation, development of OEM product cost models for outsourcing manufacturing, understanding EMS manufacturing supplier quotes and comparing EMS manufacturing quotes for complex services, development and review and negotiations of contract manufacturing supplier agreements, identifying and selection of contract manufacturing EMS provider partners, formulation of key performance indicators (KPIs) for ongoing management of EMS manufacturing supply chains, and more. Contact us.