Articles from 2017

Resource management is the efficient and effective organisation of a company’s assets when they are needed. Those assets can refer to financial resources, inventory, IT, human resources and finally manufacturing resources. Through the practice of resource management, other important factors can come more into focus. Development and implementation of key aspects of new business operation can be…

Intellectual Property, otherwise known as IP, is a concept or product that has been uniquely created by you or your company and has the potential to add value to your brand and product range by creating more revenue or brand awareness. Many hours of reseach and development will have gone into the development of your IP and it is therefore crucial to protect it from any theft,  especially as IP…

Brexit is creating an uncertain and potentially unstable future.  Whatever – and whenever – the final outcome, its likely that we will have to deal with significant changes to infrastructure, funding and trading arrangements between the UK and the rest of Europe. These changes will have implications for our current and future customers based on the UK mainland.  In particular, the…

What is RoHS 2 and how does it affect my business? RoHS 2 stands for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). It came into effect in 2011 and prevents all EEE from containing: mercury lead hexavalent chromium cadmium poly-brominated biphenyls (PBB) polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) The exemptions are certain applications where products can’t…

In a recent report Gartner, the research and management advisory firm, predicted that there will be 21 billion Internet connected devices by 2020, while the number of devices that are designed specifically for use in vertical segments – retail, manufacturing, transport etc – will triple, from 1 billion to more than 2.9 billion. This explosion in the Internet of Things (IoT) will create huge…

New product Introduction (NPI) services are designed to help OEMs and manufacturers of electronic products drive down production costs, improve quality and reduce time to market. Here is how to make NPI a success:  1. Be realistic It takes time to move from initial design through the printed circuit board layout, sourcing of individual components, prototype build, setting up the supply chain and…

Offshore Electronics, a leading Contract Electronics Manufacturer (CEM), has published a new white paper titled “Reaping the benefits of Contract Manufacturing”. It offers guidance for small and medium sized businesses on how contract manufacturing can help save money and set new quality benchmarks.   The white paper details how contract manufacturing came to life and explains how it can…

Dominic Obrien, 22 year old Electronics Engineering Apprentice at Guernsey based Offshore Electronics, has been awarded the runner-up title of Apprentice of the Year 2017 by the Guernsey College of further education. Dominic, who specialises in test engineering, was put forward for the award by his Manager, Giles Cleal. After being shortlisted in the final nine out of the 25 original nominees…

There is a growing trend among product manufacturers to outsource the production of electronic assemblies to specialised contract electronics manufacturing (CEM) companies, to free up time and resources. When it comes to choosing a CEM partner, product manufacturers are faced with the choice of outsourcing to a domestic (i.e. British based) company or what might at first appear to be a lower cost…

When Mecmesin started to experience supply and quality issues with the printed circuit boards (PCBs) used for the control panels on its motorised force testers in September 2015 it turned to Offshore Electronics for a more reliable alternative.What the leading testing instruments firm got was a lot more than it expected and it credits its partnership with Offshore with helping it to revolutionise…