Product Launch
Manufacturing
Make the move from prototype to production.
For teams with a validated design that needs a repeatable manufacturing process.
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The engagement
A clear scope. A useful outcome.
Prepare your product for repeatable production. We review manufacturability, coordinate suppliers, develop assembly and test requirements and support the pilot build. The work connects your engineering files to the factory process, so issues in sourcing, yield and quality have clear owners. You receive production documentation, a supplier and process plan, and the findings from the agreed build stages.
Capabilities
Contract manufacturer selection
We shortlist against your volume, technology mix and compliance needs, audit the credible candidates on site instead of over a call, and settle the terms — tooling ownership and exit included — before a purchase order is signed.
Production line setup and qualification
Process definition, fixture and jig design, operator work instructions and a documented qualification run, so the line is proven against measured yield and cycle time before it is asked to hold a delivery date.
Supply chain and component sourcing
Multi-sourcing for anything on the critical path, alternates qualified in advance, not scrambled for mid-shortage, lifecycle and lead-time risk tracked line by line, and buffer stock sized against your real demand curve.
Quality assurance and test fixtures
Incoming inspection, in-circuit and functional test placed where defects are cheapest to catch, plus outgoing AQL sampling whose results feed back into the process instead of into a folder nobody reopens. Defect data is reviewed weekly through the ramp.
Cost engineering and unit economics
A landed-cost model covering components, assembly, test time, yield loss, packaging and freight, used to find the design changes that move unit cost most while changing them is still cheap to do.
A practical starting point
Start with the question
you need to answer.
Bring an idea, an existing product or a technical constraint. We’ll discuss the scope, dependencies and right first milestone before planning the build.
Contact us ↗Project scope
| Regions | China, EU, and nearshore options |
|---|---|
| Volumes | Pilot runs of 100 units through to serial production |
| Quality | Incoming inspection, in-line test, outgoing AQL |
| Documentation | Work instructions, test procedures, traceability |
| Logistics | Customs classification and import compliance support |
Frequently asked questions
Should we manufacture in China or in Europe?
It depends on volume, margin and how much the design will still change. China holds the advantage on component ecosystem and unit cost at scale; nearshore European assembly wins on lead time, travel, tariff exposure and iteration speed while a design is still moving. Splitting the two is common — pilot runs nearby, volume further afield once the design has settled and the process is documented.
What does production line qualification involve?
A documented build of a defined batch under production conditions, using production tooling, production operators and the final work instructions. We measure first-pass yield, cycle time and the defect modes that appear, close the gaps, then repeat until the numbers hold across a full shift. The output is a signed qualification report you can show a customer or an auditor.
How do you protect our design when working with a contract manufacturer?
Through structure rather than trust alone. Intellectual property terms, tooling ownership and confidentiality are settled in the manufacturing agreement before any file is shared, firmware ships behind a secured bootloader with debug interfaces closed in production, and where the risk justifies it the most sensitive subassembly comes from a second supplier so no single factory holds the whole product.
What is a realistic timeline from working prototype to first serial batch?
For a moderately complex electronic product, four to eight months. Roughly six weeks goes to design for manufacture and factory selection, eight to twelve weeks to tooling and long-lead components, then a pilot build, a qualification run, and the rework those surface. Certification normally runs in parallel; when it does not, it becomes the critical path and the schedule slips behind it.
Can you work with a factory we have already chosen?
Yes. We start with a readiness review of that factory against your product rather than in the abstract: process capability, test equipment, compliance history and how they handle engineering change. Where gaps appear we close them with fixtures, instructions and training. If the mismatch is fundamental we will say so, with the evidence behind the judgement. The review takes about two weeks and is far cheaper before volume is committed.
Let’s make it happen