The pursuit of technical perfection is
nowhere more important than in the quality assurance, engineering
and testing of the billions of parts and materials we supply
every year to our customers.
It is what drives us to continually seek out better and
more efficient methods of enabling you to build the highest
quality end use products at the lowest possible total cost – and
therefore increase your competitive advantages and opportunities
Quality Assured
As part of our supplier development
and retention process – and
to proactively self-regulate our own quality standards – our
Technical Services team performs the industry’s most
rigorous component testing, both at supplier facilities and
our regional worldwide inspection centers.
Our commitment to quality is embodied by our being third-party
registered to the following standards: ISO 9001-2000, ISO
14001 and ISO 17025.
Designing Engineering
Efficiencies
A critical function of our Technical
Services team is its ability to work closely with customer
engineers to design efficiencies into existing and new products.
An extension of their own departments, we bring experience
in over 100 industries to facilitate design development, improve
assembly line ergonomics, and reduce costs
The Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) services
provided by our Application Engineering Specialists include:
- Web Based Product Management
- Design Review
- Product Tear-downs
- Application Testing
- Product Standardization
- Product Consolidation
- Line Evaluations
At our dedicated Tear Down Facility, we
literally tear down our customers’ products
every day. With the goal of developing the most technically
superior end-use products and solutions available in the marketplace,
through improved designs, elimination of redundant parts, and assembly
efficiency improvements, we enable your engineers to focus on their
next innovation.
Utilizing advanced technologies, including 3D, CAD imaging
for both end-use product and piece-part design, we have
proven time and again that our ultimate value extends beyond individual
piece prices.
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