Streamlining Production for Our Customers with Integrated Assembly Services
At Athena Manufacturing, we offer increasingly intricate higher level solutions that are changing our customers' approach to product realization. Typically called integrated assemblies, comprised of multiple Athena-made build-to-print (BTP) parts combined with a wide variety of purchased items (both COTS and BTP items manufactured outside Athena such as circuit boards and wire harnesses), these higher level end-items allow our customers plug-and-play solutions that free up their precious factory floor labor to work on other assemblies and components. Instead of purchasing and managing sometimes hundreds of individual parts, our customers can procure a higher-level assembly that is bolt-on and ready.
Let’s explore how this expanded partnership benefits our customers, significantly reducing complexity in their supply chain and streamlining the manufacturing process. If you’re thinking about expanding or venturing into mechanical assembly services, contact our team to see how it can fit into your operations - offload both the assembly labor and the associated supply chain burden to us while significantly reducing the number of PO line items to manage.
The Benefits of Athena’s Integrated Assembly Services
Reduced Procurement Complexity
One significant advantage of purchasing integrated assemblies is the simplification of the entire procurement ecosystem. Imagine condensing a single bill of materials from 1,500 line items into a single purchase order; this became a reality for one of our prime OEM customers. In addition to significantly reducing the traditional complex multi-line procurement methods across multiple BTP and COTS suppliers, purchasing higher-level integrated assemblies saves waste and time while often reducing errors and miscommunications.
Improved Efficiency
By receiving pre-assembled units, our customers can significantly improve their production efficiency. In one instance, we helped an OEM reduce their assembly time from eight weeks to just one week! In many cases, this approach has improved our customers’ ability to make parts to Takt time better than before, allowing for greater flexibility in meeting changing customer demands and market shifts.
Reduced Waste and Non-Value-Added Activities
When customers handle hundreds of individual components, they incur numerous hidden costs:
Receiving and processing each item
Labeling and storing components
Managing inventory and associated taxes
Coordinating assembly logistics
Auditing vendor performance
Opting for integrated assemblies eliminates these non-value-added activities, opening our customers to focus on tasks that add more value.
How Athena Excels in Integrated Assemblies
From our engineering expertise to comprehensive contract manufacturing services, Athena Manufacturing has the tools suited for our customers’ integrated assembly requirements.
Expertise Gained Through Tried-and-True Processes
For over a decade, the Athena Manufacturing team has perfected our integrated assembly capabilities. Our team is able to handle the challenges of complex assemblies so that our customers can benefit from our specialized knowledge without having to deal with the lift that comes with developing these processes in-house.
Our deep understanding of precision machining and sheet metal fab services unlocks new efficiencies and innovations that could easily be overlooked by our OEM customers who already have a million tasks going on at once.
Advanced Tools and Procedures
Utilizing cutting-edge solutions like Paperless Parts quoting software helps immensely with quoting and managing complex assemblies. With this tool, our team quickly and efficiently interrogates the top-level model and BOM, outperforming any other tool we've used for this purpose.
Flexibility and Customization
We understand that every customer, from semiconductor to aerospace, has unique requirements. Our integrated assembly approach allows for seamless customization, enabling our OEM customers to adapt quickly to their own customers’ specific needs.
Leverage Our Integrated Assembly Services
At Athena Manufacturing, we encourage our customers to examine their bill of materials and consider where purchasing at an integrated assembly level could streamline their processes. Consolidating individual components into higher-level assemblies eliminates unnecessary movement, waiting, and overprocessing in your supply chain. By entrusting Athena with your complex assembly needs, you’re gaining a committed ally with years of experience, a willingness to innovate, and a dedication to your success.
Think this could be the right fit for your procurement and production needs? Contact Athena Manufacturing to get started.