Electrical Cabinet Production

Sourcing 
Gaining a complete overview of vendors, brands, prices, and delivery times to identify your best options can be a time-consuming process, often made even more complicated by managing multiple vendors. And even if you do get a good overview, it may be challenging to determine whether or not a vendor has the necessary competence and knowledge about your products and solutions. 

Selection 
When building an electrical cabinet designated for a specific operational environment, there are several factors to consider. As a builder, you must always ensure that the components you are using are compliant with industry standards and requirements, environmental requirements such as temperature and moisture, and essential type approvals (i.e., IEC 60945). 

It is also vital that the chosen components will be available throughout the lifecycle of the cabinet, highlighting the importance of lifecycle management. Additionally, a good system for hardware revision control is essential to ensure that the final product you ship out to the client is of the highest quality. 

Logistics 
Logistics is another area in which relying on multiple vendors to provide integral components can prove to be both complicated and time-consuming. 

Many cabinet builders find it challenging to manage projects due to uncertainty regarding delivery, stocks, and availability of essential components. Another recurring issue is expired warranties on products in stock, causing production delays and, ultimately, delivery time. 

Documentation 
To guarantee your client a top-quality product, you must be able to provide the required documentation and certifications. A lack of documentation such as type approvals and CE documents could potentially, and justifiably, affect the trust between you and your client, and so securing access to these documents is essential. 

Lacking this access will also make it considerably more difficult for you to find alternative products when dealing with expired models or components no longer in stock. 

Implementation 
Cabinet builders often face hurdles that may cause delays to implementation times. Common examples of this are hard-to-access drawings and documentation, and the lack of available support options from the vendor. 

Staying up-to-date on the continuously changing catalog of products and models can be hard to do without a dedicated solutions partner. Additionally, software installation and configuration can be time-consuming – especially when combining components from different vendors.