What is the Parlex VIP (Value Innovation Process) Center?
What value do the VIP Centers provide?
What are the VIP Center services and how does the process work?
Where are Parlex's VIP Centers located?
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What is the Parlex VIP (Value Innovation Process) Center?
The Parlex VIP Center is a resource-based service organization with specialized advanced - degreed Application, Design and Process engineers. Based in our major manufacturing facilities, the VIP Center provides laboratory and prototyping services with the primary objective of introducing your innovative product to the market quickly and successfully. They accomplish this by working "locally" with you and the Parlex manufacturing team; taking ownership, "rolling up their sleeves" and designing the product and developing processes to make your product suitable for volume manufacturing. Parlex engineers have significant experience in a numerous industry segments including medical devices, computer and communications, automotive, appliance and consumer products.
What is the Parlex VIP (Value Innovation Process) Center?
The Parlex VIP Center is a resource-based service organization with specialized advanced - degreed Application, Design and Process engineers. Based in our major manufacturing facilities, the VIP Center provides laboratory and prototyping services with the primary objective of introducing your innovative product to the market quickly and successfully. They accomplish this by working "locally" with you and the Parlex manufacturing team; taking ownership, "rolling up their sleeves" and designing the product and developing processes to make your product suitable for volume manufacturing. Parlex engineers have significant experience in a numerous industry segments including medical devices, computer and communications, automotive, appliance and consumer products.
What value do the VIP Centers provide?
All design and development work begins in our VIP (Value Innovation Process) Center where our engineering teams work collaboratively with you to achieve:
1. Fastest Time to Market - Dedicated Project Engineering Teams will work with you to cost-effectively design your product for manufacturing.
2. Fast Design, Material Selection and Prototypes - Quick, iterative design and testing results in low overall development and commercialization costs.
3. Define Production Methods - Creating processes on the manufacturing floor that are scalable and match product life cycles.
4. Quick Transition to Production - Speedy transfer to commercialization using Parlex's New Product Introduction Process (NPIP).
Why is this important?
- Customers are given a dedicated team of experts whose sole purpose is to get a well designed and manufacturable product to market. Strong relationships, good communication and an intimate knowledge of the product and applications are developed.
- Engaging a full-service Contract Developer/ Manufacturer like Parlex in the design and development phase of a product’s lifecycle can do much to condense launch timelines. Parlex's manufacturing and design experts achieve productivity gains by designing for manufacturing and driving out long-term inefficiencies.
- Technologies change quickly and companies can ill afford to hire and build staff with specific expertise that are under-utilized. Developing devices requires a strong multi-disciplined team. There are many hidden costs in hiring such personnel as well, e.g., recruitment, stock options, benefits, training and bonuses.
What are the VIP Center services and how does the process work?
What value do the VIP Centers provide?
All design and development work begins in our VIP (Value Innovation Process) Center where our engineering teams work collaboratively with you to achieve:
1. Fastest Time to Market - Dedicated Project Engineering Teams will work with you to cost-effectively design your product for manufacturing.
2. Fast Design, Material Selection and Prototypes - Quick, iterative design and testing results in low overall development and commercialization costs.
3. Define Production Methods - Creating processes on the manufacturing floor that are scalable and match product life cycles.
4. Quick Transition to Production - Speedy transfer to commercialization using Parlex's New Product Introduction Process (NPIP).
Why is this important?
Parlex provides a full turn-key services needed to progress from preliminary design, creating Proof of Principle prototypes to Pilot and Production validation.
Our Engineers will team will work with you to select the best materials, form factor and processes to create the most cost-effective manufacturing solution.
Parlex's Value Innovation Process (VIP) Center Capabilities:
- Circuit Layout
- Device Construction
- Concept Validation
- Customized Materials
- Prototype Fabrication
- Feasibility Studies
- Process Development
- Electronic Packaging
- Reliability Testing
Parlex's Application and Development engineers will work with you to:
- Review the specific product requirements using a variety of tools, e.g., Parlex New Product Introduction Process (NPIP), Quality Function Deployment Tool (QFD)
- Select the appropriate technology platform and materials
- Design circuitry and process for manufacturability
- Add/develop new capabilities and processes as required
- Identify the best Parlex location for volume manufacturing
Does Parlex have a track record of success?
Our Technical Expertise Sets Us Apart - Parlex has been committed to innovation and introducing new technologies that meet the needs of our world class customer base. Since 1970, Parlex has pioneered innovation to create durable technology offerings that continue to be the gold standards of electronics design. You'll recognize Parlex as a leader in breakthrough technology:
- Printed electronics - PET, non-wovens, thin substrates, paper
- Creating the industry standard dimple connectiion
- Developing novel conductive inks and dielectrics
- Tactile and non-tactile membrane switches
- Novel EMI shielding inks
- Adhesive-less roll to roll processing
- First to selectively rigidized flex circuits
- First multi-layer flex and rigid-flex circuits (Flexilayers®)
- First high power laminated cable
- First continuous conductor custom molded connector cable: U-FLEX®
Where are Parlex's VIP Centers located?
VIP Centers are located at Parlex's Manufacturing facilities.
Europe Phone: +44 (0) 1983 526535
Fax: +44 (0) 1983 524964
Email: info.europe@parlex.com
North America Phone: +1 (978) 946-2882
Fax: +1 (978) 946-2670
Email: info.usa@parlex.com
