Donlouco Offers Value-Added Services That Improve Your Competitiveness
Donlouco has been operating in Asia since 2002 and in Europe since 2006 and during this time it has managed to build strong and reliable teams both in Asia and Europe. Many engineers and managers have been with the company since day one, which is a huge advantage to Donlouco when it comes to delivering first-class customer service.
Donlouco provides innovative product design, engineering, and manufacturing services to industries such as the Power Utility Sector, Hydraulic Industry, Automotive and various other Industrial sectors. Customer requirements can be as straightforward as reverse engineering a part to complete product design and delivery of volume-produced parts & assemblies from our secure and reliable manufacturing partners in China.
The cornerstone of Donlouco’s operation is cost, quality, and delivering the best possible solution to customers to meet their needs over the longer term. But Donlouco has many other benefits which customers can draw on.
Consolidating Shipping from China, Donlouco Manages All This for You
Consolidating Can Be Critical to Your Business Growth:
The added benefit of sourcing components from Donlouco is that we oversee the supply chain in its entirety, which includes the steady flow of consolidated shipping from China to Europe.
Donlouco from its factory in the Far East can consolidate parts for shipping and manage multiple parts and customers in individual consignments.
This is one of many value-added services from Donlouco that offers significant flexibility to European customers.
Benefits Of Consolidated Freight Shipping from China:
Cost Savings:
As we ship full containers at a time, this adds to cost saving for the customer as they don’t have to pay for a full container, only the space they take up. These consolidated shipments get delivered to our own warehouse in the Port of Cork before distribution to customers.
Faster Time to Market:
Regular container shipments from China to Europe mean that we are able to get components delivered to your doorstep on time and on schedule. Delivery times from China are usually 6-8 weeks on the sea.
Shipped from China and Distributed From a local Hub:
Donlouco has local warehousing in Ireland to manage customer requirements for Just In Time Delivery (JIT), with the added capabilities to manage supply chains and customer forecasts.
We use our own internal Enterprise Management System (EMS) to manage all part schedules and customer deliveries, ensuring crucial components are delivered as required to the factory floor.
Hidden Benefits Of Donlouco
Part Design
It can be difficult to design good parts and products, a diverse range of skills is required to get the best possible results and strike a perfect balance between numerous parameters outside of the form fit and function. But quite often the part design is not really the issue, with 3D software, anything can be created but understanding the manufacturing processes and manufacturing efficiency used to make parts can be a challenge.
One of the common drivers in developing new parts is reducing cost, simplifying the product, reducing part numbers, and improving performance. In order to do this most effectively a very broad range of skills is required.
Donlouco has developed and honed many of these skills over the years and can help customers achieve their design goals both from an engineering and commercial point of view.
Process Engineering
A key function within the manufacturing of constantly good quality products is the process that needs to be engineered to a high level. Donlouco has vast experience in this area working with a diverse range of suppliers and manufacturing processes. We actively share this knowledge base with customers when it comes to developing a process that will yield sustainable quality parts over time.
Manufacturing Strategy
Having a manufacturing strategy for parts and products is key to the success of most projects and many customers struggle in this area. Donlouco is very lucky to be able to take an impartial view on the manufacturing solution required which can greatly benefit customers. Quite often customers are indirectly forced into a design solution based on existing or traditional manufacturing processes or based on existing supplier relationships or even internal capabilities but this can be an inefficient solution for the customer or market sector.
For example, if your product tends to have a lot of CNC Machined parts then this manufacturing process can dominate the overall product solution and quite often there are better options. Donlouco can review the design solution and offer more efficient and appropriate manufacturing options that best suit the customer and the market sector.
Clear Communication
The lack of effective communication or poor communication is one of the main reasons for failure when dealing with the Far East. That’s just when considering day-to-day business transactions not to mention any communications of a technical nature. Time differences are also an issue when dealing with the Far East. Donlouco removes all of these nightmares for its clients, dealing in English at normal working hours here in Ireland.
IP Protection
A significant worry for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) is the protection of their IP (Intellectual Property), and these concerns are well-founded when looking to outsource to the Far East.
However many if not all of these OEMs need the cost reductions to maintain margins and more importantly increase market share and Donlouco is very much aware of this when outsourcing on behalf of its customers.
Donlouco takes the time to understand the exact requirements from the customer and communicates these requirements without disclosing the end-user, market sector, or final function of the part or assembly and in this way offers the first level of protection in customers IP. In many cases, a more complex sourcing strategy is required and implemented by Donlouco.
Return On Investment (ROI)
Fundamentally ROI is the overarching parameter for most projects and Donlouco has always had a keen eye on overall cost at all times. Having the freedom and capability to evaluate all aspects of a project whether its tooling costs, part cost, and material costs, Donlouco can use all of its experience to offer the best strategy for any part or product.