ason tooling offers domestic engineering and support with overseas tooling. This combination offers our customers the best of both worlds – cost savings with overseas tooling and quality assurance with domestic engineering and support.
We manage all the details through every step to avoid potential pitfalls associated with global sourcing, getting you into production fast. Here is an excellent article from MoldMaking Technology on ‘How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Overseas Partnerships.‘
Advances in technology, communication, and transportation has connected the world in a new way. As a result companies are no longer limited to designing and producing a mold in one corner of the globe. The whole globe is one marketplace. However, sourcing injection mold tooling overseas requires a steep learning curve to assure quality, cost, and on-time delivery criteria are met.
Here are some of the pitfalls companies experience when they source tooling overseas:
ason tooling has the experience to avoid these potential pitfalls. We maintain strong business partnerships with our injection molding manufacturers and overseas supplier networks through consistent communication and engagement. Effective cross-cultural communication is extremely important when working within the global marketplace. Both our customers and suppliers consistently report that we do an excellent job in communicating project progress at all points: