Publication date: 08 July 2010
Based in Meridian, Idaho, Computrol is a world-class provider of electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Using state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and processes, as well as highly skilled people, Computrol focuses on prototyping and low- to medium-volume, high-mix production of PCB, box build, cable harness, and backplane assemblies. The company serves customers from two facilities (Meridian, Idaho and Orem, Utah), in a total of 105,000 sq. ft.
As electronics assemblies become more technologically advanced, manufacturing processes become more complex, capital-intensive, and sophisticated. OEMs face greater difficulty in maintaining the technological expertise needed to be competitive with each new product generation. By partnering with Computrol, OEMs gain access to the latest manufacturing technologies, capital equipment, process knowledge, and electronics manufacturing expertise without making substantial capital investments to maintain these capabilities in-house.More and more OEMs are relying on contract manufacturers to handle the myriad issues associated with the manufacture of their products. Frequent design changes, shorter product lifecycles, component price fluctuations, component shortages, and increased product complexities are driving OEMs to rely on electronics contract manufacturing experts like Computrol.
OEMs who outsource realize significant financial benefits from partnering with Computrol by not having to own manufacturing equipment, inventory, or employ a manufacturing workforce. Instead, the OEMs can focus their resources on sales, marketing, research and development, and other core competencies.
Computrol is able to gain higher efficiency and better capital utilization because it is better able to leverage manufacturing resources among multiple customers.
By working with Computrol, OEMs can achieve superior assembly, as well as final product quality and reliability while streamlining materials management activities, reducing costs, and increasing their return on assets. By entrusting their outsourcing to Computrol, they receive all of the benefits of world-class quality, manufacturing, and engineering capabilities while simultaneously reducing operating costs, freeing up capital, staying focused on core competencies, and reducing time-to-market.
Rapid product introduction, condensed product lifecycles, tighter cost control and shorter lead times are just a few of the challenges that companies face in today’s fiercely competitive business climate.
To succeed in this volatile environment, today’s most successful companies rely on strategic partnerships that help them respond to these challenges in an effective, timely manner. Computrol’s reputation for excellence in electronics contract manufacturing is built on such partnerships. Customers turn to Computrol because it understands their business. The results of this understanding can be seen in flexible manufacturing systems, a skilled and versatile workforce, and expert materials management.
Computrol continually invests in new manufacturing technologies and techniques that seamlessly integrate its systems with those of its customers to develop a manufacturing process based on a flexible, modular model. This approach adds value to the manufacturing process through reduced costs, ensured quality, on-time delivery and shorter manufacturing cycle times.
Computrol’s success is largely attributable to its ability to manufacture high-quality products in small to medium lot sizes. The focus on lower volume electronics contract manufacturing has fostered the development of highly differentiated services that are specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of low-volume contract manufacturing customers. This allows the company to be more flexible and provide assembly services with shorter cycle times.
Computrol is committed to providing excellent electronics manufacturing services from printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), cable assembly, wireless harness assembly, and backplane assembly to complete box-build products. Other services include surface mount (SMT), through-hole and mixed PCA; single and double sided PCBA; ball grid array (BGA) assembly; electro-mechanical and subassembly builds; complete box builds; flying probe test, in-circuit test, and functional test; environmental testing; turnkey electronics contract manufacturing; complete electronics assembly; and supply chain management.
Computrol knows how to use technologies that meet individual company goals. Advanced electronics contract manufacturing capabilities using leading-edge packaging like micro BGA and 0201s enable customers to access new technologies that are essential to maintaining a competitive edge. Computrol combines quality processes with skilled people to ensure all manufactured products exceed customers’ quality expectations.
Computrol has the expertise, equipment, and specialized skills for efficient low- and medium-volume electronics contract manufacturing. The company provides customers with through-hole, SMT, and mixed printed circuit assembly using state-of-the-art automated production processes and flexible production flows.
Computrol’s advanced low-volume electronics manufacturing capabilities allow the company to produce cost-effective custom assemblies and products with JIT-dependability, flexibility, and world-class quality. Also, the company is both ISO 9001and 13485 certified, fully RoHS compliant and ITAR registered.
With a broad range of specialties and a high degree of process integration, Computrol can precisely execute each step of production, ensuring the quality and performance of each product it builds.
How do you choose an electronics manufacturing services partner? What are the factors that differentiate one from another? Certainly you consider technology, quality, capacity, costs, capability, and track record. But, in the final analysis, it can come down to a certain “feel” and to the responsiveness of the people.
Which company shares your business ethics? Who seems to identify best with your objectives? And to whom will you trust your reputation? As your EMS provider, Computrol will surpass all your expectations.
Computrol handles dynamic engineering changes and quickly ramps up or down to meet changing product and volume demands in order to improve customers’ inventory costs, cycle times and, ultimately, the level of customer satisfaction.
In addition to the technology services previously mentioned, Computrol delivers an expansive range of electronics manufacturing services, including combined quantity purchasing, raw materials procurement and management, finished goods inventory management, JIT delivery, ERP controls, and personalized account management.
As part of its core services, Computrol customers receive personal, one-on-one attention from a single customer support specialist within the company. That specialist is the customer’s point of contact for all facets of the job, alleviating the challenge of dealing with multiple departments to initiate changes or obtain information. The specialist works in proxy on the customer’s behalf to ensure that each step of the process meets or exceeds expectations. Additionally, the specialist works closely with a backup support person to maintain the highest level of customer support and satisfaction at all times.
“We are committed to total customer satisfaction by providing the highest quality of products and services in the industry,” said Jon Hanson, Sales & Marketing Manager. “We achieve this by understanding customer needs and by consistently meeting and exceeding customer expectations.”
Computrol maintains an environment of continuous improvement in every element of business and it empowers employees to achieve their best in individual performance and teamwork.
The company’s electronics contract manufacturing expertise allows customers to realize significant improvements in cycle time, asset utilization, reliability, flexibility, and responsiveness. These objectives are achieved through integration of modern systems and processes, highly skilled and experienced people, fact-based process management, and continuous improvement.
Computrol’s purchasing abilities, using its complete ERP system, are enhanced by the total commitment of its materials vendors’ support, whether the material is in ample supply or on allocation. The company’s procurement professionals source materials on a worldwide basis to ensure the best combination of pricing, availability, quality, and delivery. The common parts of customers’ jobs are combined to leverage price and delivery. By combining common parts into large quantity buys from vendors, Computrol can pass on cost savings and reduce delivery lead times to all customers.
