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The CEO Says, “Outsourcing Manufacturing Is Our New Direction!”
Now What?There are many catalysts that cause a vertically integrated company to consider outsourcing manufacturing content. It can be cost related, or time to market driven, or just a change in the...
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What You Can’t Afford Not to Ask about New Product Introduction
Pragmatic Prep for New Product Development Process Your idea can innovate sweeping change across your industry’s landscape, or maybe it will dramatically affect the lives of third-world farmers trying...
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The Best Way to Describe a Value Added Reseller (VAR) Relationship
“Strength on Strength”In this world of specialization, no one company can provide all the needs of their customers. Many manufacturers have very focused and extremely technical core competencies that...
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New Product Introduction—NPI
Save Time and Money with a Successful NPI ProcessHaving a proper new product introduction (NPI) process is intrinsically tied to successful product launches. Take the inverse approach: if you don’t do...
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New Product Introduction Checklist
20 NPI Steps for SuccessYou’re sure you have the next great thing to hit the market. Well, once it reaches the market. Of course, even before that, you have to introduce it to the market. There are...
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Time to Market
Successfully Done with Manufacturing Outsourcing You’ve already spent time and research on your product, and now you are up against the clock in a time to market race. You realize your best option is...
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Dang! Testing-Phase Speed Bumps Trump Your Time to Market Delivery
Manufacturing Outsourcing Can Keep You on Track Engineering has vetted your design and you are ready to go. You are on target and on time to market as you go into your testing phase. And—bang—you hit a...
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Enhanced Wire Harness Assembly Testing
Improved Success with a Proven ProcessIn the wire harness assembly and custom cable industry, there’s one requirement that probably is the most critical to the customer: that the cable assembly is...
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Sustainable Manufacturing to Reduce Your Shipping & Handling Footprint
Eco-Friendly Packaging and Your Environmental ImpactWhen doing business with a manufacturing partner, an often overlooked piece of the process regarding delivering your product is how it’s packaged....
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Design for Manufacturing Solutions for Automotive Electric Connectors
Making the Right Connection for Automotive Energy Storage SolutionsWhen companies search out partners to help them with their design for manufacturing (DFM) initiative, it’s usually because they are...
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Choose an EXM and Fourstar VAR Collaboration for NEMA Enclosures
EXM Provides Fully Customizable NEMA Rated Enclosures through Fourstar Manufacturers seek out value-added reseller (VAR) relationships when they have production requirements that may fall outside their...
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When Design for Manufacturing Requires Reverse Engineering
Finding Solutions through Back Tracking the Design You’re upgrading a system and see that the cable assembly looks worn out, but can’t find the specs to recreate it. The supplier you used to rely on...
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An Incorrect Custom Cable Assemblies Order Will Cost You
Costs Can Climb when Wrong Parts or Inaccurate Quantities Hijack the Supply ChainThe process of purchasing custom cable assemblies, standard cable assemblies, or wire harnesses, when executed in the...
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Solutions for Automotive Electric Connectors
Making the Right Connection for Hybrid VehiclesFourstar recently completed a design for manufacturing (DFM) project with XL Hybrids that involved automotive electric connectors for use in hybrid...
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Complex and Advanced Cable and Wire Harness Assembly Testing
Delivering Electronic Enclosures with Varied Complex Cable Content Most basic cable testing consists of point-to-point verification of the wiring against the requirements, but sometimes—in the world of...
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Reshoring Manufacturing for Custom Cable Assemblies and Box Builds
Fourstar Can Be Part of Your Cable or Harness Assembly and Box Build Reshoring and Nearshoring ToolkitHave you been considering bringing your custom cable assembly or wire harnessing production closer...
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2 Key Considerations for Reshoring Manufacturing for Custom Cable Assemblies...
Add Fourstar to Your Reshoring Toolkit for Cable or Harness Assembly and Box BuildsIt seems that lately, many companies are choosing to move some or all of their operations closer to home. The process...
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Upstream Testing for Cable and Harness Assemblies
Operator-Based Quality Is the KeySince when is paddling upstream ever fun? Usually, it’s not, but when you are a company committed to Operator-Based Quality, it is energy well expended. It also helps...
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RoHS Compliance for Medical Devices and Monitoring or Military Equipment
Need Help Meeting Your RoHS Compliance Timeline?If you produce any type of electronic equipment, you are impacted by the 2002 RoHS directive that seeks to eliminate the use of harmful substances used...
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The Benefits and Wire Harnessing
How and Why Wire Harnessing Is Done Wire harnesses—sometimes called cable harnesses—are custom-designed for each particular application. The harness could be designed for a small electrical enclosure,...
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