Folks, At EastBridge Engineering (www.eb-intl.com) we have an operating principal that guides us when discussing new product development and engineering projects: ‘First We Look At The Purse.’ [With admiration and attribution, we’ve adapted the title…
Product Development Projects: First We Look At The Purse!
Are You and Internationalist?
I recently visited an EastBridge Engineering client that’s in the sensor business. They procure value-added materials in Russia, machined metal and plastic parts in China, cable and wire harnesses from Malaysia, inset molding services in…
How To Predict an Orphaned Product
Folks, Every week potential clients present us with new manufacturing engineering projects that are on the fast track to nowhere. These poor misguided people are leaping into an abyss that filled with what we call…
“We Won't Pay for Tooling!”
Folks, At least once a week when we’re discussing a manufacturing engineering program, a new client tells us “we won’t pay for tooling or dies.” This utterance is rooted in three circumstances: An inexperienced junior…
Our Love/Hate Relationship with Ali Baba and His 40 Thieves
Folks, If your job requires that you find sources for electronic components, formed metal products, industrial hardware, mechanical sub assemblies and just about anything else that can be made in a factory, there’s a pack…