The Eastek Edge℠

The Eastek Edge

Introduction: The Ultimate Peace-of-Mind

With the Eastek Edge the entire manufacturing process – from the discovery phase to technical assessment, sourcing, design approvals, prototypes, packaging, production, and distribution logistics – is handled in-house by our experienced team of professionals.

Maintain control and peace-of-mind while achieving ultimate efficiency and quality in your contract manufacturing and logistics processes

Eastek Edge All Encompassing Approach:

Design

Our world-class design engineers, located on the ground in North America and China, create concepts based on your specifications and designed for the utilization of optimized manufacturing capabilities.

Launch

Our team creates engineering samples, executes pilot runs and transitions the product to full production.

Production

Throughout the product launch and ongoing manufacturing phases of your product’s life cycle, your dedicated Eastek Program Manager will work in collaboration with Eastek functional teams – to ensure timely feedback, and work specifically on driving ongoing cost reductions and feature enhancements.

Focusing on efficiency, quality and IP protection:

Vertical Integration

Our vertical integration ensures lower cost and superior quality control throughout the entire manufacturing process.

Superior Quality

Quality First is a way of life at Eastek; from simple components to complex turnkey assemblies, a focus on quality permeates every aspect of our design and production work. Our focus on quality will provide you with peace of mind that your products will pass rigorous testing.

Protecting Your Intellectual Property

In today's competitive business environment, protecting your intellectual property is paramount. You need a international contract manufacturer who is equipped to safeguard your product specifications and other confidential information

Next: Product Design

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Product Design Phase

Our world-class design engineers are located in on the ground North America and China and provide complete design services from concept generation to product launch. Our engineering group can handle a wide variety of products while providing you clients with the flexibility of owning the rights to your designs.

Our world-class design engineers are located in North America and China and provide complete design services from concept generation to product launch to future feature and cost improvements.

Some of our core competencies include:

• Electronic circuit design
• Mechanical design
• Prototype tooling
• Product design specifications
• Utilization of Six Sigma methodologies
• Industrial design for optimizing manufacturing capabilities
• Industrial design for minimizing manufacturing and assembly costs
• Supporting UL/CE product certifications

Chief among our design team’s responsibilities is to optimize manufacturing capabilities while minimizing costs. We also utilize Six Sigma methodologies in our design work, and we’re qualified to support UL/CE product certifications. Our design team prides itself on designing for manufacturability, anticipating roadblocks before they become obstacles and developing creative solutions to sourcing issues or other challenges.

Next: Product Launch

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Production Launch Phase

Your Eastek Project Engineer, with the support of a global launch team in North America, Europe, China and Hong Kong, will monitor your product through every stage of the launch phase.

With the benefits of global sourcing capabilities in all of these regions, the team creates engineering samples, executes pilot runs, and transitions your product to full production, meeting your schedules and overall demands.

Your Eastek Project Engineer will monitor your product through every stage of the launch phase.

Our capabilities range from manufacturing singular components to managing complex turnkey product assemblies.

Our integrated offerings include:

• Turnkey Assembly
• Plastic Injection Molding
• Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBA)
• Magnetics-Transformers-EMI Filters
• Metal Stamping
• Injection Molding

As well as a combination of the above in Workcells dedicated for your products

Next: Ongoing Production

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Ongoing Production Phase

Once your product is designed and ready for production, it's important to have the support of an integrated team to see the project through every stage of the launch phase. Our global launch team, led by your designated Program Manager, will help you reap the benefits of global sourcing capabilities and integrated manufacturing.

Our global launch team, led by your designated Program Manager, will help you reap the benefits of our global network.

We will establish supply chain planning to ensure shipment continuity.  Our supplier base is EICC compliant, our factories and personnel meet extremely high standards for ethics, social responsibility and environmental protection.  We will reduce your worries about product supply.

Eastek can ship to your customer, provide invoicing support and be an extension of you in delivery of your products anywhere in the world.

Eastek can manage your warehouse, inventory levels and provide product forecasting and planning assistance using Sales and Operations Planning tools that are time tested.

Your designated Program Manager can also orchestrate with our diversified resources:

  • Marketing support services
  • Forecasting of materials and/or production
  • Ongoing cost reductions and feature enhancements or modifications
  • DFM (design for manufacturing), alternative materials
  • Coordination of engineering changes
  • Distribution services
  • Global logistics

Next: Improvements

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Product Life after Launch

Eastek understands that our customers need a long-term manufacturing partner.  We support their product development in the long-term through Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE). VA/VE uses strategies to reduce cost and improve product consistency all with the goal of delivering a product on time and with decreasing cost.

Your Eastek Project Engineer and Program Manager, continue with you after launch to drive for continuous improvement.  

Our team will recommend improvements to lower cost, reduce waste, address supply chain challenges and other steps to ensure your cost competitiveness is maintained.  

Continuous Improvements

VA/VE teams and planning are part of our standard services.  We know the world is changing and that your products must continue to evolve in both quality and cost competitiveness.

We will identify alternative materials, refine production methods, drive out waste, establish lean manufacturing processes, and recommend enhancements.  All to extend your product's life and profitability.