What are the benefits of reshoring your production?
As a result of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, huge challenges to manufacturing supply chains have arisen on a global scale. With developing issues associated with having an overseas supply chain, more and more businesses are looking into reshoring elements of their production line back to the UK. Further, the once attractive lower costs of producing components and shipping them over from China, have now increased exponentially, and companies have been made aware of the high risks associated with an overseas supply chain first-hand as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Reshoring your production lines presents a unique opportunity to the UK manufacturing sector. The advantages of reshoring your production back to the UK include:
Improved Supply Chain Resilience
As mentioned above, the recent pandemic as well as the war in Ukraine has highlighted the insecurity of a supply chain which relies on multiple countries, with sanctions and boarder closures put in place impacting businesses globally. Further, an overseas supply chain is vulnerable to natural disasters too, for example earthquakes. Reshoring your production to the UK will protect it from such disruptions.
Reduced Lead Times
By having your components manufactured locally in the UK, companies can have reduced lead times, as this would irradicate the reliance on overseas manufactures and shipping times. By reshoring your production, you can more quickly react to customer demand, and become more flexible in your manufacturing.
Increased Quality Control
With the production of your finished component in the UK, you can have greater control over the finished product. Utilising a local manufacturer, you are able to monitor production easily and more quickly, without having to accommodate for time differences. This means that any issues which may arise, for example the need for more parts to be produced on a tight timeframe, can be handled quickly.
Decreased Transportation Costs
As your component is manufactured locally in the UK, the transportation costs associated with shipping your parts from overseas are removed. This, in turn, would help increase overall profits for your company.
About Standish Engineering
Standish Engineering has extensive experience in manufacturing parts for a wide range of diverse and demanding specialist industries, including engineering precision parts for the UK and Europe railway network, and the Oil & Gas industry. For over 70 years, Standish Engineering has been at the forefront of offering the very best in manufacturing capability, and is on hand to help you reshore your production line back to the UK, from our base in the North West of England.
Our capacity includes CNC Chuck Lathes up to 450mm in diameter and 1000mm long, as well as CNC Bar Fed Twin Turret and Twin Spindle Lathes up to 65mm diameter and 450mm length, as well as several CNC 5-axis machining centres. The majority of parts are machined in stainless steel and aluminium, but we have significant experience in machining exotic alloys such as Super Duplex, Inconel®, Monel® and Hastelloy.
Our facilities also have capabilities for a wide array of post-production treatments, including magnetic particle inspection, liquid penetrant inspection, coded welding & assembly, and much more. The quality of your precision- engineered parts is of the utmost importance to us, which is why we ensure that our quality management system complies with the ISO 9001:2015 and industry standards, including ISO Cert and RISQS cert.
Contact the CNC manufacturing experts today at info@cnc-machining.co.uk