Outsource manufacturing

[Ezequiel Gray]

Afternoon all,

I have a quick query perhaps someone on here can help me with. I'm interested in outsourcing manufacturing of my goods overseas. Aside from the obvious, China, what other countries can produce on a similar cost/scale?

I'm aware that it probably wouldn't be as cheap but I'd like to consider all options before deciding.

Thanks in advance.

Ez.

 

[Taylorn]

Have you considered romania? What are you looking to do?

 

[Calibre Designs]

Raw material prices and commodities are different in every country.

It comes down to the product itself! What is the product?

 

[Ian PES]

Some things are cheaper here: printing for a start. Recently someone asked for quotes here for printing 15,000 stickers and out of interest I got a quote form China as well and it was double the cheapest UK price (plus all the shipping costs etc). Its often a lot cheaper here if you want to manufacture at small scale (small volumes i mean). I recently looked into getting a board game made and again up to about 10,000 units it was cheaper in the UK. The key thing will be tooling: if you need elaborate injection moulds made then its probably best to do it in China (but keep as much of the R&D in the UK!). What kind of product is it?

 

[HarrisRacks]

I am from China. tell me what product, and I probably can find out the least cost.

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

Ez,

welcome to the forum.

If you can give more details on what you need doing, more precise responses can be supplied!

 

[Ezequiel Gray]

Hello all,

Many thanks for the replies. Apologies for not responding to you all sooner. Work being what it is and all...

Regarding the product, It's nothing big or complicated to manufacture. It's just an aftermarket Universal remote control. I have a few design ideas that I'm interested in having mass produced. I'm keeping all the product development process in the UK and just outsourcing production, provided it's more cost effective, overseas.

China would be the logical choice but I thought I'd explore all options nearer to home. Romania was a good shout Taylorn. I'll definitely look into it a bit more so thanks for that.

If you can, keep the suggestions coming guys!

Thanks,

Ez.

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

Ez,

as it is electronics, Turkey may also be a good place, as well as Hungary and Slovenia.

However, China will probably be quite a few % cheaper, even taking into consideration shipping and duty etc.

There are also a number of established URC manyfacturers you can work with, who can bring the advantage of a global market to you in one fail swoop!

 

[Ezequiel Gray]

Ez,

as it is electronics, Turkey may also be a good place, as well as Hungary and Slovenia.

However, China will probably be quite a few % cheaper, even taking into consideration shipping and duty etc.

There are also a number of established URC manyfacturers you can work with, who can bring the advantage of a global market to you in one fail swoop!

Hi Consultant,

Thanks for the reply. With regards to the bolded part, above, what sort of advantages are you referring to?

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

The advantage is that they could be supplying to several large customers in different territories and may be able to open doors for you in getting additional sales!

 

[Ezequiel Gray]

The advantage is that they could be supplying to several large customers in different territories and may be able to open doors for you in getting additional sales!

Will certainly look out for URC manufacturers. Thanks again Consultant.

Ez.

 

[Wavecrest Ltd]

Hi Ez - if you need any help with shipping, customs clearance etc please keep me in mind whether it be from China or Europe.

Best regards
Glen

wavecrest.co.uk
blog - http:// wavecrestlimited.co.uk

 

[tsports]

Hi Ez,

Certainty, China is the best for electronics outsourcing, if you need any help on this, pls kindly contact~

Thanks!
Miles