At Ricaurte Precision Inc., our years of CNC machining experience have taught us that no contract manufacturer is an island.
Our California precision machining company puts this axiom into practice by proactively collaborating with leaders from across the manufacturing industry. These collaborations give us insight into how other precision machining and contract manufacturing companies do business, offering a fresh perspective on how to sharpen our own operations, technologies, and workforce.
Read on to find out how we approach collaboration with other CNC machining companies and manufacturers and how these efforts bring value to our customers.
RPI’s Approach to Collaboration
Precision machining is a complex process, and its success depends on multiple variables, including process development, hiring, training, and scheduling personnel; creating a strong company culture; and adopting the latest techniques and technologies.
Collaborating with other top contract manufacturers ensures we’re not making critical decisions involving these variables in a vacuum. By visiting other shops at least once per quarter, for example, we’re able to learn how other companies are managing operations, measuring performance, and making new technologies work for them.
We also continuously raise the bar for ourselves by hosting 1-2 internal roundtables every year. During these strategy sessions, we learn from our peers about the challenges they’re facing and put our heads together on best practices to solve them.
Finally, RPI is able to share and gain an outside perspective on our processes by welcoming visitors from other shops roughly once per month, in addition to our regular customer visits. These relationships often begin through conversations at NTMA events or thanks to our vendors and other partners. When a visitor arrives, we take pride in showing them how we’ve set up our California machining company for success and always look forward to receiving feedback on how we can improve.
How Collaboration Provides Value to Our Customers
Collaborations like these provide us with opportunities to learn from leaders around the globe. Just last month, for instance, we welcomed companies from Japan, Singapore, Illinois and Louisiana. This year alone we’ve hosted contract manufacturers visiting from three different countries and six different states.
These visits give us the opportunity to make crucial adjustments to what we think is the most cutting-edge precision machining company in California (spoiler: it’s ours!)
Here are some of the steps we’ve taken toward excellence thanks to our collaboration efforts:
- Implemented new digital technologies
- Improved capital equipment selection
- Optimized workflow and planning processes
- Refined employee mentoring and training programs
- Developed better performance metrics
With improvements like these, our customers can rest assured that RPI remains at the forefront of the sector, always honing our best practices, services, technologies, and capabilities.
From Prototype to Production, Make RPI Your Trusted CNC Partner
In the end, the goal of every one of RPI’s collaborations is to deliver value for our customers. Whether you need a part destined for space or an assembly whose complex geometry requires a Swiss screw machine, our Orange County CNC machining company is ready to handle everything from prototype to production.
When you partner with us, you won’t just gain access to the knowledge that our collaborative efforts have granted us—you’ll also enjoy personalized customer service and quality that you can trust.
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