The newly formed Integrated Solutions Group (ISG) within Idex Health and Science (IHandS) is poised to help develop custom technology solutions for OEMs through collaborative relationships.
ISG consists of mechanical, software and electrical engineers who each have an average tenure in the scientific instrument business of at least 20 years.
ISG allows an OEM single point-of-contact access to the combined expertise and products from each IHandS business unit in order to provide a complete integrated solution to business challenges.
Integrated Solutions Group helps provide OEMs with the expanded engineering capacity and expertise beyond their core competencies.
As companies seek ways to reduce costs, speed time-to-market and improve product quality, supplier performance plays a critical role in maintaining the competitiveness of value chains.
Since up to 70 per cent of a product's total value is created by suppliers, by working concurrently with key quality suppliers OEMs may shorten product development time, improve product quality and reduce product costs.
Close supplier partnerships also determine the ability of the OEM to flexibly and successfully implement engineering changes while also quickly ramping up the production of new products.
OEMs rely on well-established suppliers to keep up with how competencies and industry knowledge has changed in recent years.
ISG can design new products, work with specialty materials and develop methodologies to meet an OEMs custom needs.
The following are some of the services IHandS ISG can use to enhance an OEM's research and development efforts: concurrent development engineering; CAD/CAM data transfer, including Solidworks, AutoCAD and all popular file formats; rapid prototyping; rapid time-to-market; and full-time, multidisciplinary concurrent engineering.
The following are some of the capabilities that ISG can provide to an OEM for improvements to existing scientific instrument or for creating the next generation product: cost-saving custom designs; full-time, multidisciplinary engineering staff; engineer-to-engineer support; rapid prototyping; design assistance; material selection assistance; CAD/CAM/CIM/DNC programmes; supporting hardware/software; common language translators; in-house tooling/fixturing; prototype runs available for preproduction validation; knowledge of safety and legal requirements worldwide; industry-specific approvals; and support in fluid assemblies through the entire product life.
