Six reasons why people do not benchmark their suppliers

As a contract electronics manufacturer, I often feel like a buyer’s worst enemy is a mediocre supplier. At least when dealing with a bad supplier it’s obvious there’s a problem making it difficult to ignore or overlook. The real problem comes when dealing with an average supplier: when pricing is average, quality levels only ever […]
Corintech bolsters quality assurance with new team and facility

Corintech announces the recruitment of John Burton, who will join Corintech and Lascar Electronics as Group Quality Manager. His recruitment bolsters the business’ quality assurance offering, and coincides with the opening of a brand new Quality Inspection Lab. John has been hired with a remit of consolidating and improving quality management across Corintech, and its […]
Close account management – this is how we do it!

What is good Customer Service? In the run up to Christmas, as a retail customer, I received a lot of customer service experience to varying degrees. This made me think about what I believe represents good customer service. In a nutshell I think great customer service stems from effective communication and consistency. If one step […]
The Importance of Peer Design Reviews

As a business we have recently undergone audits for, and successfully been recommended, for re-accreditation to the AS9100 standard. This is a Quality Management standard for businesses involved in the aerospace industry. Every process at Corintech has been carefully detailed to meet this stringent quality level. Our design process, in-particular, considers the activity of peer […]
Sensors and Instrumentation Show, Birmingham. Our Product Division FilesThruTheAir Will Be There!

The Product Division of Corintech Ltd, FilesThruTheAir™ will be exhibiting the WiFi Temperature and Humidity Sensors at this year’s Sensors and Instrumentation Show at the NEC in Birmingham on 30th September – 1st October 2014. MD Pete Cross, Technical Director Tim Waterman and Sales Coordinator Jess Regan will be there showcasing our wide range of […]
Far East Vs UK Electronic Manufacturing Decisions

The past 25 years has seen a dramatic rise in off-shore manufacturing. Low cost material combined with cheap labour and increasing pressures to reduce manufacturing costs back in the UK has convinced many organisations to move production to the Far East. However if a product is to benefit from the opportunities the Far East offers […]