The trend to develop commercial products at the lowest cost possible has several unintended consequences. One of which is a product being 'held hostage' by the manufacturing partner.
Many companies, especially start-ups, will off-shore or outsource their engineering to third party manufacturers. They hope their patent or copyright will protect them, but this may not be the case. Relying on contract manufacturers for engineering once sounded like a dream, but for many companies with successful products has turned out to be a nightmare.
Divorcing your contract manufacturer isn't easy!
Many companies are finding that political issues or economics make it less profitable for them to remain in an exclusive relationship with the suppliers who developed their original product. They would like to re-repatriate their product or at least move to a model where they own all of the engineering related to it and can choose with whom and where the product will be produced. The question then becomes, "How do we divorce ourselves and stay in business?"
If the contract manufacturer possesses the intellectual property, the business owner is left creating their own product from scratch. We can help you develop and implement a plan to re-shore your product. Re-shoring all or some part of your product design and development is an engineering and manufacturing effort that can make or break your company.
Many companies, especially start-ups, will off-shore or outsource their engineering to third party manufacturers. They hope their patent or copyright will protect them, but this may not be the case. Relying on contract manufacturers for engineering once sounded like a dream, but for many companies with successful products has turned out to be a nightmare.
Divorcing your contract manufacturer isn't easy!
Many companies are finding that political issues or economics make it less profitable for them to remain in an exclusive relationship with the suppliers who developed their original product. They would like to re-repatriate their product or at least move to a model where they own all of the engineering related to it and can choose with whom and where the product will be produced. The question then becomes, "How do we divorce ourselves and stay in business?"
If the contract manufacturer possesses the intellectual property, the business owner is left creating their own product from scratch. We can help you develop and implement a plan to re-shore your product. Re-shoring all or some part of your product design and development is an engineering and manufacturing effort that can make or break your company.