The Leading Electrical Brand in China
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Identifying and closely aligning with the right OEM enables quick development and fulfillment of electrical products manufactured to your exact specifications. The OEM’s expertise and infrastructure supplements in-house capabilities. Carefully evaluate OEMs based on industry knowledge, quality systems, and range of services. Structure the engagement to protect IP and support business needs. The result is high quality, certified products brought quickly and cost-effectively to market under your brand.
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OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. In the electrical industry, OEMs are companies equipped for small to large scale production of custom electrical and electronic products to meet client specifications.
Rather than developing specialized manufacturing capabilities in-house, there are significant benefits in choosing the right OEM partner. Working with an established OEM allows focus on core competencies while the OEM provides quality products engineered to exact needs.
This guide covers key factors in selecting an appropriate OEM supplier for electrical enclosures, control panels, and other custom electrical equipment. We also explore models for mutually beneficial OEM partnerships.
Some major advantages of working with qualified OEMs are:
OEMs have in-house engineering to customize products – dimensions, materials, certifications, performance – as per the client’s requirements.
Stringent quality control and testing during manufacturing ensures products meet specifications.
Lean OEM processes allow fast turnaround to meet changing production schedules and tight deadlines.
Economies of scale, automated processes and purchasing power with suppliers reduces per unit cost for OEMs. Savings passed to clients.
OEMs can hold and manage inventory of finished products and ship to locations as needed by the client.
Due diligence must be exercised when selecting an appropriate OEM partner. Key aspects to evaluate are:
Proven expertise and understanding of the specific industry’s products, standards, and technologies.
Relevant safety and performance certifications like UL, CE to meet global compliance requirements.
Automated, repeatable processes for consistent quality. Statistical process control and defect analysis.
Ability to deliver a variety of products. Design, development, prototyping, testing, manufacturing, and distribution.
Infrastructure and clearances to ship products worldwide according to export regulations.
OEM engagements can be structured in several ways for maximum synergy:
OEM manufactures products to client specifications and the client brands and markets the products under their label.
OEM follows technical product specifications provided by the client for each custom order.
Client licenses manufacturing IP, patents or technology to OEM for production. Royalties paid on sales.
Certain aspects should be agreed upon while finalizing an OEM partnership:
Pricing models considering order quantities, customization complexity, certifications, and value-add services.
Minimum order size for OEM production runs to be commercially viable.
Protections regarding confidentiality of product designs and specifications.
After sales service support. Return and repair policies.
OEM or Original Equipment Manufacturer refers to a company that produces custom electrical/electronic products to meet clients’ engineering specifications typically for resale under the client’s brand.
Benefits include quality products built to spec, rapid prototyping and order fulfillment, cost savings from OEM economies of scale, managing inventory and logistics, and focusing in-house efforts on core competencies.
Assess OEMs based on related industry experience, certifications like UL/CE, quality control processes, range of design-manufacture capabilities, and global infrastructure to choose the best fit for your needs.
Yes, experienced OEMs have in-house engineering resources who can collaborate on product designs and manufacturing feasibility to help finalize specifications.
Higher volumes, established supply chains, automation and standardized processes allow OEMs to manufacture at lower per-unit cost. These savings get passed on to clients.
OEMs adhere to quality management systems like ISO 9001. Products meet safety certifications like UL and feature qualification testing ensures each product meets specifications.
Reputable OEMs have UL listed production facilities. They can certify products to needed UL standards for electrical safety and performance.
Industries that leverage OEM electrical partners include energy, utilities, infrastructure, manufacturing, transportation, construction, telecom, medical and IoT sectors.
Lean setup and automation allows OEMs to rapidly scale production for just-in-time order fulfillment, often within days or weeks rather than months.
Smaller orders may have higher per unit cost than larger volumes but skilled OEMs can still fulfill low quantities economically through flexible production and assembly cells.
White labeling where the OEM applies the client’s branding and identity on the product is commonly offered. Promotes the client’s brand.
Qualified OEMs have warehousing and logistics capabilities to ship products from factories to locations globally based on regional compliance requirements.
Send detailed RFPs to shortlisted OEMs to understand range of offerings, client references, certifications, quality processes, pricing models and global fulfillment.
OEMs can hold inventory of finished products per agreed levels and manage replenishment based on sales forecasts and orders from the client.
In-house labs for safety, reliability, environmental, EMI/EMC, shock/vibration and qualification testing to standards like IEC and UL.
Flexible cells allow quick ramp up and down based on forecasts and orders. Lean changeovers let OEMs cost-effectively meet changes in volume.
Request copies of certification documents like ISO, UL, TUV, CE to validate scope of approval. Check certification body websites for validity.
Yes, OEMs should offer repair, replacement or credit for manufacturing defects over an agreed warranty period like 1-2 years.
Key determinants are order volumes, level of customization, certifications required, value-add services, and project complexity impacting production costs.
Products not meeting quality agreements should be replaced or credited by OEM as per warranty terms. Root cause analysis done for major issues.
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