Manufacturing plastic injection molded components in-house as part of a customer’s end product can prove to be a major challenge from an efficiency, quality and cost perspective. Producing plastic components of high-quality at a competitive cost is a constant challenge.
The process proves to be more difficult and involved than most OEM’s think. Often it’s a decision to save money by doing the molding in-house then soon discovering that the “inexpensive” small plastic part takes quite an investment in infrastructure to do it right.
We’re here to help by providing you with an in-depth comparison chart that breaks down each challenge to help you better understand the benefits of sourcing a custom molder.
You'll learn...
- How one large company solved their pricing, quality and order turnaround problems by choosing to outsource their molding instead of trying to manage it in-house.
- How the idea of saving money by doing molding in-house doesn’t help to save in the long run.
- The important issues involved in the evaluation and the true costs behind them.
- Comparisons of critical factors such as mold design, material selection, production, quality control and inventory.
- How to consider other factors involved such as sustainability and more!