Customers should consider outsourcing their wire harness manufacturing, either partially or completely, in the following situations:
- When the focus is on core competencies or final assembly,
- when the product is manufactured repeatedly or in series,
- when there is cost pressure on the product price or a desire for better profit margins,
- when the company is growing and shifting to ordering more parts or components from subcontractors or contract manufacturers,
- when there are production peaks, and manually making wire harnesses creates bottlenecks in deliveries,
- when employee absences (vacations, sick leave) delay production and impact delivery reliability, or when the skills of absent employees are not covered by others,
- when it is difficult to recruit new labour in the area; existing staff can be reassigned to other tasks, reducing the need for new hires.
What are the Benefits of a Ready-to-Install Wire Harness Compared to In-House Production?
- The cost of a ready-made wire harness is always fixed, unlike in-house production (personnel costs, e.g., sick leave),
- a hand-made wire harness always takes more work hours than automated production, which provides a cost advantage,
- customers always have wire harnesses ready, avoiding bottlenecks in production and deliveries,
- the cables in the wire harnesses are pre-labelled, eliminating the need for hand-applied identification sleeves,
- the work and costs related to purchasing and storing materials for wire harnesses are completely removed, and no material waste is generated,
- the responsibility for the quality of the wire harnesses is transferred to the partner,
- installing a ready-made wire harness is easy and quick.
Invite our wire harness production expert to visit your facility – during the visit, we will identify which wire harnesses would be worth outsourcing. It is often wise to start by outsourcing a specific part, making the project easy to implement for the customer. Our visit is free of charge, and our goal is to provide a more competitive and process-improving solution for the customer. Contact us!