Healthcare OEM Is Quick To Raise Its Game

Leading healthcare manufacturer sought significant manufacturing cost savings to deliver its new product range at a competitive price and quickly.

CEL Group was chosen as the supply chain partner in China because it offered cost competitive unit prices, backed by a proven prototyping approach and British-led engineering expertise, together with our clear commitment to delivering quality-assured success through partnership.

Our engineers helped identify design, material and tooling efficiencies during the initial project stages. Our dedicated account manager ensured tooling and sample approvals were slick. This enabled us to ship commercial volumes within eight weeks of receiving the order. 

Customer Challenges

• Increased competition from overseas
• Launching a new product range at the right price
• Designing products with optimal offshore benefits

CEL Group Solution

• Design and prototyping partnership approach
• Use our expertise in both the UK and China to accelerate process
• We have the healthcare experience to meet quality standards

Customer Results

• Manufacturing savings of £276K in year 1
• Additional design optimisation savings of 7%
• Order to delivery in 8 weeks

The healthcare OEM benefitted from working with our British-led engineering team to ensure designs were optimised for sub-contract manufacture in China. By having people on the ground in the UK and China, CEL Group resolved queries quickly, and efficiently, with commercial production being achieved at a competitive speed.