Where parts come from, and how units are checked.

How we source parts, test what we build and handle changes, and which part of the work is ours, our partner lines' or yours.

Sourcing

Where
Parts are bought in Shenzhen, including older and hard-to-find chips.
With your quote
A full bill of materials, with a source for each part, costed from real parts and supplier quotes and checked by an engineer.
Alternatives
BOM cleanup includes approved alternative parts.
Partner lines
Production runs on partner lines in Shenzhen. You see each line's type and region, not its name.
Contract
Your contract is with Anvol, Inc., not with a factory.

Testing

Prototypes
Power-on, function and communication tests, and structural checks.
Before a batch
First-article inspection and design-for-manufacturing fixes.
Before a run
We agree with you on fixtures, how each unit is tested and recorded, and how units are packed.
Every unit
Tested before it is packed, against the targets from the sample rounds.
Issues
Logged, and the log stays open until every item is closed.
You receive
Test checklist, test report and test videos; a batch record with each batch.

Who is responsible for what

Anvol
Engineering, sourcing, testing and managing production, within the written scope. One Anvol engineering lead is your contact throughout.
Partner lines
Fabrication and assembly runs, ordered and managed by Anvol.
You
Confirm the written scope and price, approve the prototype and the design before any larger run, and accept each batch.
Test labs
Certification testing such as FCC or CE. Outside our standard scope; quoted separately when a product needs it.
Shipping and customs
Usually arranged by you once units leave the factory. Import duties are yours.

Change control

At the start
A written scope lists deliverables, acceptance criteria and price.
Part substitutions
Need your approval before the part is used.
Scope changes
Major changes are re-quoted, with a new timeline, before work continues.

IP and handover

Ownership, NDA, files
Who owns the design and what you receive →

The benches and lines behind it.

Engineers at electronics benches, with laptops, monitors and bench instruments along the wall
Electronics benches where our engineers build and debug.
Rows of test benches, with close-ups of an AC isolation transformer, a signal generator and an oscilloscope
Test benches: isolation transformer, signal generator, oscilloscope.
Coordinate measuring machine with its control computer
Coordinate measuring machine for dimensional checks.
Technician at a workbench working on steel tooling parts, a CNC machining center behind him
Tool room: a technician on tooling parts, a CNC machine behind.
Steel injection molds stacked on pallets along a factory aisle
Injection molds stored on the floor.
Injection molding machine with its material hopper on a factory floor
An injection molding machine.

Our engineering benches and partner lines in Shenzhen. Unedited photos, not stock.

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