All machines are composed of fabricated metal and plastic components that are generally provided by specialized manufacturers and subcontractors. They need efficient collaboration to not only manage a wide product portfolio, but deliver quality mass-produced products on time while remaining cost effective.

Disruptive technologies provide the capability to provide fast delivery times of reliable products that are backed by efficient logistics processes, and enable manufacturers to engage in a long and fruitful relationship with their customers.

Designing small components like screws, hinges and other metallic parts requires time, meticulousness and design and manufacturing processes that are efficient and rigorous. The aim is to provide increasingly enhanced, customized offerings that adapt to the changing requirements of customers over time. The emerging technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution provide Industrial Equipment companies with the freedom and agility to become more responsive to ever changing market demands.

A machine’s stability and performance depends on the quality of its metallic components. Regulations vary from one country to another, which is why components suppliers need to ensure that their design and manufacturing processes are efficient and rigorous.

New industrial equipment solutions are helping suppliers of metal and plasitc components manage a wide product portfolio that meets customers’ needs and deliver quality mass-produced products on time while remaining cost effective.