Fast track for NPI programmes

Fast track prototype service – ideal for NPI programmes

Our fast track new product introduction (NPI) service has become a key element in customers’ NPI programmes.

Producing a fully functioning, quality-production assembly, means you can carry out trials to test your new product’s functionality, with your customers sure in the knowledge the quality of manufacture meets your requirements.

Your NPI will be built to manufacturing standards, representative of series production, and will have passed through our design for manufacture (DfM) process and our design for test (DfX) approach ensures the associated testing procedures have been evaluated. When you’re ready to start full production, any production issues ahead of final sign-off will have been captured, in our stage gated NPI process, improving product realisation timescales and lowering overall costs once in production.

The benefits to you of our fast prototype service

You don’t have to waste your time sourcing PCB manufacturers and component suppliers to secure materials – we will do it for you.

• As part of our design for excellence (DfX) early stage BOM analysis ensures your parts are evaluated for product "life" availability.
• The design for manufacture (DfM) process analyses Gerber data for pad geometry, tracking, and general layout, etc.
• Your engineers are free to focus on other aspects of the project – e.g. software or interface hardware.
• Where prototype enclosures are also being produced, we can procure them – or design them for you with one of our design partners.
• Our prototypes are produced in a production environment up to IPC 610 Class 3 – the highest standard

How many prototypes?

It’s quite usual for several prototypes to be made – a rudimentary ‘proof of concept’ prototype during the early stages of development to prove the idea works technically and to trial proposed materials or production methods for the final product.

Once a prototype has undergone sufficient testing and validation, a pre-production unit, the ‘golden sample’, becomes the benchmark on which mass produced units will be based. It’s also used for certification and testing for UKCA, CE, UL, FCC or RoHS markings.

Timescale

Once we have all the components and your engineering data, our dedicated Fast Track NPI team will be ready to produce the PCB assemblies, including full quality inspection to the same standards as for series production.

You will receive a fully working and finished NPI product which is representative of a production item to full manufacturing standards, within days from receipt of clean kit of parts.

A reliable first off PCB assembly is paramount. It will be representative of a production item and enable you to test it in real world conditions with your customers and iron out any problems before production begins.

Contact us: +44 (0) 1480 222 480 or info@osi-electronics.uk.