Offshore Subcontract Services
Pentz
offers a unique solution that enables our customers to take
advantage of offshore pricing without sacrificing quality
or delivery. We accomplish this by building two sets of production
tooling onshore.
The first set is used to produce initial production at our foundry in Duvall, Washington. The second set is transferred to our offshore foundry for qualification. Once parts are qualified on the second set of tooling, the offshore foundry becomes the primary production location. The parts are shipped to Pentz for inspection and delivery to the customer.
This approach ensures only the highest
quality materials are used and avoids costly
miscommunication of design and tooling requirements
to offshore
foundries. It significantly reduces lead time by producing
and qualifying initial parts domestically and provides a
second set of qualified tooling in the United States in case
of a delivery problem (be it dock strike, accident or quality
problem). As a result, we provide our customers with the
most
reliable offshore production of cast aluminum components
available.
The key to making this work is our technical expertise in
developing parts from concept through production qualification
domestically
and offshore for over 30 years. We have strategic partnerships
with world class foundries in Asia that are capable of meeting
our strict quality requirements. We support
offshore production with in-house engineering support, back-up
tooling, prototyping, quality assurance and complete secondary
operations. In addition, we handle all international communications,
translations, inspections, currency conversions and inbound freight and customs clearance and invoice you
in U.S. dollars.
