Offshore Manufacturing Process from CMI has built into
it a number of benchmarks, processes and checks that are a natural part of
workflow of the company. Therefore, CMI can offer its clients a higher level
of service, a more rapid and accurate turnaround without redundancy or excessive
costs added on. In order to further aid the client’s Offshore Manufacturing,
CMI provides offshore auditing and engineering support. CMI will offer this
service or identify a third party entity within the proximity of the manufacturer
to assist with training, auditing, testing, layouts and engineering on a predefined
schedule or as needed basis
Offshore Contract Manufacturing
allowed CMI to developed three distinct business offerings, all of which blend
the business’ China Manufacturing expertise with its ability to offer
a superior service. Element I. Identification, Negotiation, Analysis and Initial
Audits
China Manufacturing from CMI offers its clients the worry-free ability to
evaluate products that could shift to Asian Product Sourcing, allowing the
U.S. capacity to compete with more profitable work.
Put simply, this means the
customer has the ability to drop ship products from Asia to their U.S. facility.
The CMI team will work with the client to obtain and review the information
necessary to migrate product offshore. This information includes such items
as product lists, critical dimensions, drawings, samples, proprietary manufacturing
processes, material identification, packaging, delivery, inventory, etc.
China Manufacturing Facilities are identified by CMI’s offshore staff
to match the client’s requirements, falling into several categories,
each with specific sub-categories. These are identified by manufacturers of
either identical product types or similar product types and further categorized
by Tier Levels as follows:
• Tier 1: Larger (500+ employees), full state-of-the-art software and
equipment, with additional capacity machinery, manufacturing facilities incorporating
in a lean or agile format, including extensive embedded western-style engineering
and QA, utilizing low to moderate labor quotients. These Contract Manufacturing
Services offer Asian Product Sourcing for Industrial Product Design, Die Casting,
Precision CNC Machining and Screw Machine Parts following TS16949 Quality
Standards.
• Tier 2: Midsized
(250-499 employees), full state-of-the-art software and equipment, with additional
capacity machinery, manufacturing facilities incorporating cellular-styled
manufacturing, including moderate embedded western-style engineering and QA,
utilizing moderate to higher labor quotients. These Contract Manufacturing
Services offer Asian Product Sourcing for Industrial Product Design, Die Casting,
Precision CNC Machining and Screw Machine Parts following TS16949 Quality
Standards.
• Tier 3: Small (75-249
employees), partial computer aided manufacturing facilities, incorporating
multiple styles of manufacturing, including limited embedded western-style
engineering and QA, augmented by outsourced resources supporting engineering
and QA, utilizing high labor quotients. These Contract Manufacturing Services
offer Asian Product Sourcing for Industrial Product Design, Die Casting, Precision
CNC Machining and Screw Machine Parts following TS16949 Quality Standards.