Selecting the Right Project

Our technical team reviews three critical areas to make sure you maximize your ROI; the right product line, the right product family and the right scope.

Our Project Definition Services cover:

Evaluating Existing vs. New Lines of Business

Reviewing the existing issues to understand what can be addressed quickly
Understanding which approach will work best to address the current issue
Assessing the existing environment for readiness to change
Calculating the return-on-investment for new product lines

Selecting the Best Product Family

Identifying the most important needs of the end customer
Defining the product families by manufacturing flow, not attributes
Determining where there is a clear lack of commonality between families
Targeting a single component and a single family to stay focused

Correctly Scoping the Project

Narrowing the scope to ensure easy, early success
Developing trust between all parties to avoid stalls
Creating a mechanism for sharing cost savings
Starting as close to the customer to gain the most benefit

Credentials

ETM Manufacturing has been fabricating metal parts and assemblies for over 40 years. We understand your challenges with launching new designs as well as ramping to production. With state-of-the-art CNC fabrication and machining centers, we provide small brackets to complete mechanical assemblies from 1 to 30,000 pcs. Our significant investment in lean manufacturing has helped continue to reduce costs and improve lead times for customers such as EMC, Symmetry Medical and Teradyne.

Vision

ETM Manufacturing’s vision is to be the precision sheet metal manufacturer of choice for US based OEMs. By locating manufacturing close to the point of use, we can significant reduce transportation and inventory costs. ETM will execute a compressed supply chain, using lean techniques in partnership with our customers and suppliers, to ensure that custom configured products are built to customers’ requirements, delivered on time and at continually competitive prices

People

ETM has a customer centric culture. It comes across in our testimonials again and again. We like to understand our customers’ challenges and optimize a solution for lowest cost and fastest delivery. Many organizations have the same equipment and systems, but it’s ETM’s “can do attitude” is the key differentiator for our customers. Either through quick turnarounds on prototypes, or lean thinking to reduce long term costs, ETM is dedicated to improving the performance of our customers.

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