"Fictiv has introduced features that deliver high visibility, traceability, speed and quality benefits for customers leveraging its Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem (DME) to order high-tolerance, custom mechanical parts for both prototyping and production needs," said a company spokesperson. "In response to evolving customer work-from-home requirements as well as more compressed NPI timelines, Fictiv's new transparency initiative brings into focus the otherwise opaque nature of traditional onshore and overseas manufacturing and introduces significant risk mitigation and cost-savings opportunities."
Fictiv's transparency initiative includes the following key features:
- On-demand production status: Detailed current production status of all the parts within every order, immediately and online
- Virtual inspection photos: Inspection photos from manufacturing partner facilities, before the parts are delivered
- Centralized access to quality documentation: Material certifications, certificates of conformance and inspection documentation, all available in one place
- Order configuration details: Centralized access to 2D and 3D design files, thread specifications, material and process configurations and invoices for all Fictiv orders
- Historical DFM: Digitally call up previous manufacturability feedback for all ordered parts to inform future design cycles
- Reorders: Streamlined quoting process to reorder parts and lock in previous pricing
- Shipment tracking: Aggregate tracking links from third-party providers to keep all shipments in one secure place.
"These new features integrate seamlessly into the Fictiv digital thread, a combination of technology and process that enables the manufacture of complex, high-precision mechanical parts at 100x the speed and 1/10th the cost versus traditional solutions," said the spokesperson. "The data produced from Fictiv's digital thread helps drive automation through the Fictiv DME to speed up production and prevent errors."
For example, every part produced through the Fictiv DME receives a minimum of five dimensional inspections, with the resulting data captured digitally for fast and simple validation by Fictiv teams and customers.
"Historically, companies were working in the dark, relying on paper-based workflows, including phone calls late at night, file transfers, emails and time-consuming site inspections when it came to overseas manufacturing-a risky, expensive process that often resulted in delays and quality issues," said Fictiv CEO Dave Evans. "Fictiv's groundbreaking new radical transparency initiative is better because our quality engineers and customers can inspect a part all along the way. These features introduce a disruptive set of visibility controls and prompts that peel back the covers and make it possible for engineers and supply chain managers to clearly see, communicate and track progress of manufacturing work and come away with complete confidence in quality outcomes, delivery times and costs."
"Transparency is particularly important to unlock innovation in the robotics sector, which is expected to reach $64 billion by 2023, according to a 2019 BCC Research report," said the spokesperson. "Fictiv already serves a significant number of all venture-backed robotics companies requiring high-tolerance machined parts."
For more information contact:
Fictiv
168 Welsh Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-580-2509
www.fictiv.com