CESGATE advise you how to choose PCB&SMT manufacturer

If you are not very firmly clear in PCB industry, you may confused how to choose right SMT and PCB board manufacturer. Here Senior Engineer, Mr. Tan, from CESGATE Technology, share some basic advice about it:

 

 

A complete supplier selection process should include product requirements positioning, supplier pool creation, supplier analysis, and supplier identification.

 

1. Product demand positioning

First of all to analyze your own product needs positioning, must be clear about these details.

Plate material, process requirements, purchase quantity evaluation, brand or quality requirements, supplier location requirements, supplier scale requirements, material delivery time.

First of all, it depends on what type of PCB the product needs. Secondly, it depends on the difficulty of your PCB process and looks for the one with the corresponding process ability. Then look at your production volume. If the order quantity is several hundred pieces per month, it is a small batch for PCB factory. In this way, you can find matching factories. Different factories have different positioning, and only when you find the right one, can the cooperation be more smooth.

For example, if your company has a lot of RESEARCH and development, and the quantity is small and medium-sized, you will find the one with quick proofing, moderate price and small MOQ. If your company do batch fast products, delivery time is urgent, you look for fast delivery, stable quality, if your company do high-end plate, high precision plate, look for industry leader.

It is worth mentioning that CESGATE not only supports sample production as low as 5PCS, but also supports mass production. Whether you need samples or extra large quantities, CESGATE can provide one-stop services for you.

 

2. Create a supplier pool

With the product requirements clear, the next step is to create a supplier pool. Looking for suppliers is not just for lack of supplier resources. Some companies with existing supplier resources also need to optimize the existing supplier resource structure.

Select quality suppliers according to strength, reputation, ranking and so on. You will find that CESGATE's production capacity and strength are in the front row in China. Especially for multilayer PCBs, such as those over 20L, CESGATE has unique advantages, not only reasonable price, but also guaranteed quality. You can ask for samples pictures from sales08@cesgate.com.

 

3. Supplier analysis

After the initial selection of satisfactory suppliers, a round of in-depth screening is carried out. In this process, it can be judged from the following dimensions: supplier's product capacity (manufacturing capacity), supplier's capacity, production quality management, supplier's supply chain management ability, and supplier's anti-risk ability.

In the first step of demand analysis, we talked about the process requirements, to find the factory with the process capacity matching the process required of suppliers and their ability to resist risks. To put it bluntly, well-capitalized factories are more resilient to risk.

 

4. Supplier decision-making

With all of this done, it's pretty easy to decide who your target suppliers are. Of course, in addition to the above steps, you can also audit the factory on site, you can pay more attention to the equipment, 6S, production site, etc., go into the factory to further understand the strength of the factory. 

CESGATE welcomes all of our customers to visit the factory to experience our production capacity, the factory environment and the complete set of equipments. We believe this is also a good way to increase customer trust and support for us.

Last but not least, as the TOP 10 China PCB Manufacturer, CESGATE has relevant certificates, including ISO9001, ISO14000, UL, etc. For those aerospace, semiconductor, military, pharmaceutical and other fields of customers, thee are very important and necessarys.

If you are interested in CESGATE or need our products and services, please feel free to contact us.

Emails: info@cesgate.com, sales08@cesgate.com