A site visit can be an invaluable exercise in helping you to better understand your electronics manufacturing services (EMS) outsourcing options and to see first-hand the operational capability, procedures and culture of a prospective EMS partner.
If you’re looking to outsource to an electronics manufacturer for the first time, then it’s an opportunity for you to assess whether this is the next logical step for your business. And if you’re already outsourcing, but are considering alternative options, then a site visit could help you to decide whether it’s the right time to hand over that responsibility to someone new.
A tour of your potential assembly partner’s manufacturing facility can also offer useful insight which simply isn’t possible to glean from brochures, sales calls, websites or proposals. While a site visit doesn’t constitute in itself a full site audit, it can form a vital element of the stringent research process that will help to guide your outsourcing decisions.
If you’re at the stage of having short-listed several prospective suppliers, then you’re likely to have already asked them to complete a pre-qualifying questionnaire to determine they’re a possible fit for your company. You’ll also want to gather your own independent references and will want to conduct out checks of the ownership history, directorship and financial health of your potential EMS provider – all of which takes time.
Before you put together your Request for Quotation (RFQ) however, it may well be worth booking in time for a site visit first. So before you get too entrenched in paperwork, it makes sense to ensure that any potential partner looks, and feels, like the right match for you.
East India Technologies Pvt Ltd offers a complete range of supply chain and manufacturing outsourcing solutions that enable you to spend more time focussing on your core activities, such as: designing new products, marketing, and sales to help grow your business.Please feel free to visit our plant in Bengaluru India.
