Top Pain Points Solved by Strategic Outsourcing
Do these manufacturing pain points sound familiar? Outsourcing part or all of your production is often seen simply as a method of cutting costs, but working with a strategic outsourcing partner can be a viable solution to many problems your company may be facing...
ALTEX Wire and Cable Names Rick Bromm President
ALTEX Wire and Cable is proud to announce Rick Bromm has been promoted to the position of president. Bromm is a 28-year veteran of ALTEX, a custom manufacturer of wire harness and cable assemblies. Headquartered in Westfield, Ind., ALTEX has a second plant in Nogales,...
Leading the Manufacturing “Quality Crusade”
The last several years have ushered in record-breaking recalls for the automotive industry, peaking at nearly 60 million cars recalled in 2014. Attention to quality should be a key factor in outsourced manufacturing no matter the industry, especially when defects can...
Prevention vs. Detection in Quality Control: Are you diagnosing problems too late?
At ALTEX Wire and Cable, we know the saying “prevention is better than cure” to be true. Take health care for example. The CDC estimates that 75 percent of health care spending is for treating chronic diseases that could be prevented. Preventing diseases rather than...
Indiana’s Manufacturing Hub: Top Rankings Make State Top Choice for Business
Forget what you think you know about Indiana. While the Hoosier state may be recognized for a love of basketball, the Indy 500, or the birthplace of folks like James Dean and Michael Jackson – recently Indiana’s garnering national attention as a proven leader in...
Preventing the Top 6 Errors That Cause Manufacturing Defects With Poka-Yoke Fixturing
It’s a fact of life that humans make mistakes. Many mistakes help us learn and grow as individuals, and some say mistakes even make us who we are. But when it comes to manufacturing, mistakes can mean frustration, high cost and the wasting of time and valuable...
Meet Alfonso Soriano Aguiluz – ALTEX Mexico Process Engineer
People don’t often think of manufacturing processes as an art, yet in many ways Alfonso Soriano Aguiluz is like an artist – each day adding the finest details until the final big picture is realized. From the smallest pieces of the puzzle to the more comprehensive...
Top 5 Ways the A-620 Standard Benefits the Electronics Industry
Last updated: September 2017 Until the development of the IPC/WHMA A-620 standard, a universally recognized workmanship standard did not exist within the wire harness industry. This lack of standardization has often led to conflicting views about what is “acceptable...
Bringing Manufacturing Back Home: The Reindustrialization of America
Throughout the majority of the 20th century, American manufacturing formed the ladder upon which our nation climbed to reach its place as a global economic superpower. A surge of new industries and manufacturing jobs made it possible for Americans to increase their...
The Reshoring Trend: Mexico Emerges as Global Manufacturing Destination
For decades, China has been a magnet for manufacturing due to its inexpensive labor. Recently, reshoring, or moving manufacturing operations back from China to North America, has become a growing trend that is changing the global manufacturing landscape. AlixPartners...