Stage One: Discovery
Information We Collect
- Defined rough scope of how AMTI can assist you
- An understanding of the use of your product and the market it addresses
- Any special considerations and/or certification requirements
- Bill of Material with approved substitutions if needed
- Any special quality management system requirements
- List of sources for material, second source options and pre-existing contracted rates
- Electronic files and known assembly drawings
- Work instructions on system or box builds if available
- Known testing and data collection parameters
- Desired production schedule with delivery dates
AMTI’s discovery process begins with data collection and getting the right information so we can properly review your production program. AMTI stands apart in our program, supply chain and process management teams who review your information and make early recommendations to point out potential challenges in your program before it even moves into formal configuration management planning and introduced to supply chain management.
Completing a detailed review and discovery early, most program threatening challenges are identified and addressed at the beginning of production. Being proactive rather than reactive during mid-production helps save unnecessary time loss and additional costs.
Stage Two: CM Planning
After a detailed discovery process, your project is formally moved to your single point of contact, your program manager. Once in the program management team, your board layout and work instructions are moved to our process engineering teams while your bill of material and discovery supply chain analysis is moved to supply chain management for in-depth review and formal lead time confirmation.
From both groups come guidance on part lead time, production time line options, estimated time standards and requirements for production. This is aligned with your projected forecast and your program is moved forward to scheduling.
Work instructions, test process, quality recording systems, and factory workflow are all developed, documented and planned. This functions as the road map and plan for your production project as it moves through the factory. All of this information is reported to and managed by your program manager.
Stage Three: Supply Chain
One of the most risky aspects of production is inventory and your supply chain. The cost and the flow of materials as they move from core suppliers through inventory during the production process and out to your customers often becomes exponential and can overwhelm any company.
Beyond this, delays and other mishaps constrain components needed for production. These delays dramatically affect delivery and further ties up inventory. Because of these risks, AMTI invests heavily in headcount, infrastructure and software planning systems to mitigate these challenges and help our clients meet their production timeline.
In addition to our in-house systems and processes, AMTI has spent almost a decade developing relationships with key suppliers, who are proven to provide accurate guidance, reliable delivery dates, extremely competitive pricing and favorable terms. All of AMTI’s supplier partners go through a regular evaluation and grading process managed by our quality management system.
Once all components are identified and a supply timeline is approved, AMTI’s supply chain team begins procurement and manages inventory to tight parameters as set forth by your program manager and configuration management plan. Pre-production staging and work in process inventory tightens as our supply chain team manages tightly to schedule and further reduces your risks and costs.
Stage Four: Execution
Based on the information collected in our discovery phase and the planning completed in the configuration management planning and Supply Chain phases, we move your program into production.
Supply chain delivers components on schedule and moved from inventory to the floor. Your product is made, configured, tested, inspected, packaged and shipped based on your unique criteria. Every step of the process is in lockstep with our business planning and quality management systems. Each providing live updates to your dedicated program manager.
AMTI knows that every product and need is different and call on different processes and capabilities. To support this dynamic and provide you with the greatest flexibility, AMTI employs a modular approach to our industrialization planning. We know that there is not "one right way" but rather "lots of right ways" to execute your program without compromise. That is how we deliver simplicity instead of complexity.
Stage Five: Logistics
Every project we commence involves some degree of forward logistics and a long-term repair support and reverse logistics varying in complexity. From simple packaging and shipping requirements to in-depth build/config to order solutions with regional specific packaging and shipping needs.
From a support perspective, we find that clients often have a strong need to facilitate repair and support actions for products in the field. This could include repairs, reconfiguration of product, or any number of countless scenarios where a repair depot is needed.
AMTI Advanced Manufacturing Services takes a complete 360 degree approach to manufacturing solutions and works directly with your team to not only address your configure/build to order, packaging and shipping logistics but also your long-term field support and repair depot needs. Forward and Reverse Logistics - AMTI has you covered.
Evaluate and Re-Invent
AMTI is a solution company. Solutions to dynamic problems require diligence, flexibility and the courage to ask, “how can this be even better?” This approach to client production projects is often the driver behind significant improvements, exceeded expectations and better quality products. We are proud to be an innovative solution company.
No process or production solution is perfect. There are endless opportunities to learn from experiences and reforge those experiences into new ideas that make dramatic improvements to both output and your bottom line. Every step of our evaluation is discussed with our clients to bring them closer to their production enhancement opportunities while allowing our team to learn more about out client's past experiences.
- Identification of areas for potential improvement by any AMTI employee involved in the production process.
- Risk and reward analysis documentation of improvement options with AMTI process and industrial engineering teams.
- Communication of improvement potential with our client through their AMTI program manager.
- Upon our client's approval, small scale test and proof of concept executed. The results are analyzed, documented and communicated.
- Based on predictable positive results and client approval, any program change is documented, implemented, communicated and all affected groups are trained.
Quality Management System
Quality is at our core. Every process, every step, every activity we perform has a quality component.
At AMTI we understand that quality is not just a check box on a form but a direct requisite for being a industrialization partner. We know from direct experience that quality must be at the forefront of our minds. All of our processes, activities and actions are driven by rigorous quality standards.
Our quality management system was built from the ground up based on the telecommunications manufacturing industry’s proven best practices and directly tied into our IT and business management systems. This tight integration gives us fast, real-time access to quality information and trends enabling our industrialization teams to make better decisions faster.