A skilled production assembler can ensure that products are properly made. Brands around the world partner with production assemblers in China to save money on assembly costs and produce high-quality products. Get answers to frequently asked questions about production assembly and learn why you need to seek out the right assembler.
What Is a Production Assembler?
An assembler puts together products from components, subcomponents or subassemblies. Workers use tools and collaborate on assembly lines. Production assemblers specialize in putting parts from different sources together to make a final product. Some assemblers also perform original equipment manufacturing and produce certain components of products made by other manufacturers, in addition to ordering, warehousing and assembling these parts.
Small and medium-sized businesses can be hard-pressed to locate the best Chinese assembler for their product category and may find managing assembly processes around the world challenging. An outsourcing service points clients toward the best assemblers and can vet the quality of components across supply chains.
What Role Do Assemblers Play in Production?
Assemblers start working based on a manufacturing bill of materials (MBOM). This document should contain all of the information that production assemblers need to source the right components and properly assemble a product. Any errors in an MBOM are almost certain to lead to costly parts problems and production delays.
China 2 West works with clients to grant skilled assemblers access to correct product specifications and offers options to protect your intellectual property rights. Performing supplier and factory audits and providing the option for quality control services during assembly and manufacture can ensure that finished products are properly assembled.
What Are the Challenges of Assembling Products in China?
Once a product has been designed and accurate specifications are clearly set forth in an MBOM or tech pack, sourcing components is the next challenge associated with assembling products. Additionally, standards for regulatory compliance and intellectual property rights in China differ from laws in other countries.
Supply chain management services can help clients source components and subassemblies of the highest quality for use in assembling finished products. If these parts are primarily sourced in China, the finished products should be labeled as being “Made In China.” Otherwise, products may only be assembled in China with components that are sourced elsewhere. Companies must ensure accurate labeling to remain in compliance with these standards.
Most of the other challenges related to assembly and manufacturing involve factory conditions, production times and payment.
How Can a Production Assembler Facilitate Manufacturing?
A skilled assembler puts together finished products that are ready to be packaged, shipped and sold. Assemblers work from MBOMs that account for every component, subcomponent, assembly and subassembly that goes into each product as well as any instruction manuals, warranty cards or packaging that accompany each and every finished product.
In some cases, brands or business stakeholders may find it helpful to have parts of products preassembled before a production assembler makes finished products. China 2 West provides clients with expert guidance regarding sourcing components or subassemblies for use in putting together products of the highest quality for the lowest cost in China.
Sources:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/oem.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_bill_of_materials
