HITIQ
Streamlining manufacturing transition
When Melbourne-based sports technology company HITIQ was searching for a new contract manufacturer for their game-changing smart mouthguard, the team had significant pre-match nerves about how disruptive the transition would be for their business.
Challenge
- Procurement visibility
- Complex Manufacturing
- Production continuity
- Predictable inventory and production forecasts
Approach
- Initial assessment
- Team collaboration
- Material procurement
- Design for manufacturing
Outcomes
- Transfer production from China to Entech’s facility in Adelaide within two months.
- Secure all design files, assembly instructions and existing inventory with no loss in continuity.
- Focus on core business while Entech managed all communications and handover processes.
- Streamline the HITIQ Smart Mouthguard design to optimise assembly and save on production costs, with some DFM suggestions.
- Receive valuable DFM advise for future developments.
- Achieve highly competitive local procurement and pricing.
- Deliver a functional, comfortable and data-enabled mouthguard product..
When Melbourne-based sports technology company HITIQ was searching for a new contract manufacturer for their game-changing smart mouthguard, the team had significant pre-match nerves about how disruptive the transition would be for their business.
HITIQ’s decision to trust Entech with managing their transition from offshore manufacturing in China to local production at Entech’s facility in Adelaide delivered a winning result. HITIQ is reaping the benefits of predictable procurement and expert design for manufacture support,
