Southwold Enterprises Co.,Ltd.

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Quick Turn Process

»Design Team

»Manufacturing

»Quality Control

»Material Management

»Supplier Management

Objectives:

Quality

Delivery Performance

Cost Reductions

Process Improvements

Design Team

• 50 years of combined RF, Optics design

experience

• Fast PCB prototyping

• Dedicated Mechanical Engineer to support

optical node projects

Design Team

Results are:

• Design for manufacturability and testability

to fast track the product to the market.

• Design for profitability

Manufacturing - Assembly

• Strong built-to-order assembly experience

• Ability to handle dynamic engineering changes

• Manufacturing volume with complexity details

• Quickly ramp-up/down

Manufacturing - Assembly

The results: • allow Southwold to achieve improvement in

cycle time, asset utilization, reliability, flexibility and responsiveness.

• Objectives achieved through integration of our

MRP system and processes, highly skilled and experienced employees.

Manufacturing - Testing

• Testing process design

• Testing methodology

• Testing experience

• Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing - Testing

Combines testing knowledge:• Digital• Analog• RF• Optical

Through our expertise of: • Testability issues• Software• Instrumentation• Test fixture development.

Manufacturing - Testing

Results are:

• trimmed manufacturing costs, increase product yields, and enhance product quality.

• improves test coverage and cycle times.

Quality Control

• ISO 9001 Certified

• Assembly workmanship is IPC 610 complied

• Continuous Process Improvement (correction & prevention)

Quality Control

Quality

Delivery Performance

Cost Reductions

Process Improvements

Material Management

• Utilize MRP system to keep track and manage purchasing order to provide customers' analysis and solutions on how to best process forecasts and orders

• Southwold's customers are supported by comprehensive materials planning and inventory.

• Supplier management

Material Management

• This allows the customer and Southwold to determine risks and commit to feasible schedules that optimize assets and availability.

• This enables Southwold to aggregate demand, avoid shortages, dispose of excess materials and manage supplier contracts

Supplier Management

• All of the key contract manufacturers are of ISO 9000 certified members

• Southwold Suppliers must share our philosophy.

Supplier Management

Quality

Delivery Performance

Cost Reductions

Process Improvements

Supplier Management

Results are:

• Rapid product introduction and differentiation with the best time to market

• Almost total flexibility in the chain of supply, with almost no static capital so customers and suppliers are sharing the cost saving

• Customers, suppliers, and manufacturers sharing information vital to their mutual success in a secure and reliable manner

Supplier Management

• Minimized need for working capital, facilitated by optimal inventory levels

• Simultaneous and ongoing improvement of all areas of inter-enterprises network

• Total visibility across the pipeline connection the network constituents

• Multidirectional feedback loops for rapid response and improvement

Supplier Management

• Virtual alliances with key constituents in a

business framework that ensures future

profits, growth and competitive success

Executive Summary

Southwold’s Quick Turn Process insure:

Quality

Delivery Performance

Cost Reductions

Process Improvements

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