Inordinate amounts of considerations go into finding the perfect industrial design for your latest product. Is it functional? Does it serve an innovative need? Can it be cheaper? How long will it take to source from the manufacturer and assembler? All of these questions influence the final specification and layout of the product and are vital considerations in electronic box build services. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry famously said that you achieve perfection not when you have nothing more to a…

Creating a New Product Manufacturing Checklist When it’s time for your new product to enter the manufacturing process, the team at Sonic Manufacturing Technologies prepares a new product manufacturing checklist for that product. This manufacturing plan provides key information to help you prepare for the upcoming manufacturing process. This plan is crucial to plan for equipment, personnel, and capital requirements, and needs developing early enough in the process to allow for appropriate …

High Tech Electronic Manufacturing in the Bay Area “Imitation is the purest form of flattery”, said the English cleric Charles Caleb Cotton in the early 19th century. If that really is the case, we should be flattered! What started as a novel approach to beat the trends of sourcing electronic assembly from abroad has turned into a business model now copied by other startups in the Bay Area. What Sonic Manufacturing has done that is different from everybody else is embrace change in an …

A Sonic Differentiator – Electronic Component Sourcing Conventional wisdom is rarely wise. Nowhere in business is this truer than the manufacturing supply chain. Bloated processes, patched software solutions, and erroneous data distribution create longer lead times, embarrassing demand forecasts, and higher purchase price variances. An Agile Approach Breaks the Cycle of Repeated Defeat Sonic Manufacturing Technologies has addressed each of these pain points over the last twenty yea…

Concept Prototyping for New Product Development Getting a new product off the ground is a tough enough job without needing to worry about the capabilities of manufacturers too. Once the engineers have put in all the work, the build quality of your prototype should ideally match the final, shippable product. That’s why joining forces early with a company that offers complete electronic manufacturing services is important. Sonic Manufacturing Technologies enables a quicker time to market…