Much has been said about Industry 4.0, and it has revolutionized the manufacturing world by providing opportunities for electronics manufacturing companies to use advanced tools and technologies throughout the product lifecycle. The industry of electronics manufacturing services has been providing us with reduced costs, exceptional customer services, increased operational visibility and accelerated production all at the same time.
However, as 2022 begins, it is time for us to shift our focus from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0. The industry is revolutionizing continuously and it will keep changing at a faster pace in the future in terms of electronic manufacturing services. So, we should try and keep up with them.
Shifting trend from B2B to B2C
In recent years, it has become a trend to switch from B2B (business-to-business) to B2C (business-to-customer) to change the traditional views of the industry and make it more consumer friendly. The B2C model has a number of attractive benefits, including:
- Increased Profits: Companies can get the full Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) instead of the wholesale price of their products.
- Faster Time to Market: Instead of struggling with the long traditional retail sales cycle, which requires them to lock-in product development long before ordering and delivery, manufacturers’ rapid prototype, test and market products.
- Brand Control: If you are to follow the model of B2C, it reduces or to some extent removes the misrepresentation by third parties which was faced commonly in the past.
- Price Control: Manufacturers have an opportunity to fine-tune their MSRP.
- Better Customer Data: If we are willing to sale the data directly to the consumer of the data we can get a better consumer data which will ultimately lead to the strong relationships, better products and obviously, increased sales.
To effectively sell directly to consumers you need to select a platform for your ecommerce operations that supports both your B2B and B2C sales platforms. This will deliver on order fulfillment and tracking, secure payments, customer service management, and sales and marketing activity tracking, providing a 360° view of all your B2B and B2C customer interactions.
Trends of 3D printing in electronics manufacturing services
While it may sound like a science fiction novel to the general public, 3D printing in electronics product development has been a staple for nearly 40 years. These days, manufacturers rely on 3D printing to support prototyping – a highly cost-effective way for product designers to test and troubleshoot new products – and produce items on demand rather than to manufacture and warehouse them to do.
3D printing has also replaced the costly and time-consuming process of tooling. Historically, manufacturers took months to create the molds, jigs, and fixtures needed for mass production of heavy equipment, and many manufacturers relied on the support of tooling companies headquartered abroad. Now, thanks to 3D printing, manufacturers can complete tooling onsite in just a few days; this has made 3D printing a fixture in the automotive and aerospace manufacturing industries in recent years.
High-Mix-Low-Volume trends of services
A high-mix refers to a low-volume production environment setting, where assembled equipment differs in production batch size, applicable production processes, and its final application. EMS is allowed or has the option to reconfigure the assembly lines if it has the high-mix-low-volume as its EMS provider as it has the ability of making the common changes in the products and not only allows it to go with the changes it also makes them happen in minutes. It is easier to adapt the changes made on the products with the HMLV approach as it is required by the clients and makes our relationship better with the clients as we fulfil their demands on time with alterations.
High-mix low-volume require very precise controls and indirect resources that are experienced in the production of electronic manufacturing services, as they experience many hurdles that bring additional cut-downs or downsides of mistakes.
Scope of Electronics Manufacturing Services
Electronic manufacturing services are provided by different companies in different manners or aspects or scopes with changing or distinct capabilities and strategies followed by these companies. One of the main services offered by electronics manufacturing service providers is Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) capabilities. Currently, technological advances allow much faster and higher quality PCB manufacturing and assembly due to precise component placement capabilities. SMT assembly is a high cost investment but it works amazing in the respective fields of OEM and have given high results with sophistication. In short, you can expect the following assembly services:
- PCB Assembly (Inc. THT assembly or SMT assembly and conformal coating)
- Box build (including potting)
- Electromechanical assembly (including cabinet assembly)
- After sales services (e.g. renovation, repair, upgrade etc.)
You will get all the necessary and related manufacturing services under the same roof if you have an amazing partner to pair with respective to electronic manufacturing services. If the contract happens you can get all the solutions to your manufacturing problems within a limited time.
