Design Capabilities:
Brain of any machine, equipment, process is Control panel. It’s important to ensure that the control panel is designed to meet the desired requirements. It is also the primary function of the control panel is to offer maximum protection to its components and field devices to protect from failures. Strong Design avoids unexpected failures and breakdown. OEM’s particularly SME’s who looks forward for Control Panel Manufacturing Partner must consider the design capabilities.
Application Knowledge:
It’s always greater advantage that your panel partner has some prior experience on your application or related experience or conceptual experience which will compliment your project. Good application knowledge possed by the panel partner will add values to products and well as to complete project quickly without repetitive efforts. Wide Application knowledge helps to co-create Customer centric features and also great alignment between the manufacturer and panel builder.
Strong Team & Functional Systems:
Right team produces great results. It’s only the team which handles end customer, field wiring, trail runs and unexpected breakdowns or services. Few measurement metrics to check Control panel partner on the aspect of team is their size, quality of workmanship and systems they follow, and the culture they carry. Team has be competent enough to produce results and should be committed to learn and grow.
Service Support:
Dedication towards the partnership is tangible based on the approach that control panel partner follow. When one wants to outsource the control panel there are few qualities control panel partner should posses with respective to support, which is Problem solving skills, Service minded, Eagerness to learn your application and grow together. Trainings and documentation assistance from the panel builder will helps to reduce some service calls even though there will be service request which arise at user end. It’s the prime responsibility of control panel manufacturer to provide necessary support.
Successful partnerships are formed only when both Manufacturer and the Control Panel Builder Value system matches and align with each other to co-create WIN-WIN situation.
