Product Lifecycle Extension: Give Your Products a Facelift.
It is a reality that the investment needed to launch a new product increases with every generation. It therefore follows that the simpler a product is to design and manufacture, the more cost efficient it will remain during the course of its life. It also follows that by extending its useful life, the product will […]
Value Added Manufacturing – What should you be looking for?
Offering electronics manufacturing services is evolving, clients require more than just production, its ever more critical now that manufacturers offer a value-added service. In today’s world it’s taken for granted that suppliers will have leading edge manufacturing capabilities, competitive pricing and a total commitment to high quality, clients are looking for more. Electronics manufacturers should […]
Obsolescence Management – Designing ahead
If you don’t design defensively and plan ahead, 4e Technologies believes obsolescence issues are bound to cost you in the end. These days, if you’re looking to market and support a product for any length of time, obsolescence management will rear its ugly head. The traditional approach to obsolescence was reactive – doing nothing until […]
Reverse engineering, and how can it help you?
Do you have a legacy product with insufficient documentation for manufacture? Has a subcontractor ceased manufacturing and left you missing vital information making it impossible to outsource? Was your electronic or PCB design developed on an obsolete system? Then reverse engineering could be the solution to getting your product back to market. What is […]
What is ISO 13485?
ISO 13485:2016 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organisation needs to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer requirements and regulatory requirements applicable to medical devices and related services. The primary objective of ISO 13485:2016 is to facilitate harmonised medical device regulatory requirements for quality […]
Conformal Coating and its benefits to you
Conformal coating is a protective non-conductive chemical coating which can be applied to circuit boards. Its purpose is to protect the electronic circuits from damage due to contamination, salt spray, moisture, fungus, dust and corrosion caused by harsh or extreme environments. By applying conformal coating, and electrically insulating your boards, it maintains long term surface […]
Bee Hotel | Vapour Detection System | VideoScribe Whiteboard
Check out 4e’s latest whiteboard video after all… Do you know where bees go on holiday?? Product Development, Prototyping and Electronics Manufacturing all contributed to the Bee Hotel project. A concept for training bees to respond to specific scent to detect traces of vapours such as drugs or explosives. Read more in the Bee […]
Intelligent Supply Chain Management from 4e
Here at 4E we are able to provide a comprehensive components procurement service for all required electronics components on your products Bill of Materials (BOM), ensuring that you product goes from product design to finished item trouble free. We continually co-ordinate and collaborate with both our clients and our suppliers to enable us to […]
Obsolescence Issues – How can 4e help you?
Every day the electronics industry advises of numerous Product Change Notifications (PCN) and End of Line (EOL) announcements. This can be very problematic for designers, manufacturers and purchasers alike. Individual electronic assemblies require parts sourced from a variety of suppliers and components are often at different stages of their life cycle when designed into parts […]
Benefits of Rapid Prototyping
Rapid Prototyping allows clients the ability to test different designs in a short amount of time, enhancing even the most complex of assemblies. The Prototyping stage is critical to a products development and an essential stage among engineering designers and manufacturers alike. When working with 4e during the prototyping stage, clients can draw on […]
