INTRO
When one of the world’s biggest OEMs needed quick-turnaround, cost-sensitive verification modelling services for its luxury brand, it turned to Kadence to source resources and project manage the process.
THE CHALLENGE
Facing industry-wide supply chain pressures and a challenging market, one of the world’s biggest automotive OEMs was looking for a way to speed up the verification modelling process and ensure that both its products’ internal and external surfaces met the premium standards of its luxury brand.
The solution needed to guarantee that design surface standards were high enough to go to market.
THE KADENCE SOLUTION
The OEM partnered with Kadence in order to take advantage of the cost benefits and speed of work utilising suppliers and resources based in China.
Using its extensive network and experience, Kadence took over project management on behalf of the OEM and sourced suppliers and resources that directly addressed its needs.
Kadence also took on the role of quality assurance, maintaining standards in keeping with the premium nature of the brand and providing confidence that design surfaces were ready for market.
By tapping into Kadence’s network and China specialist teams, the OEM was able to maintain premium standards for its luxury brand, while at the same time, reduce development costs and speed up surface design processes.
THE RESULTS
- Full project management support from Kadence.
- Verified suppliers sourced and quality assured by Kadence.
- Ready for market design surfaces.
- Significant cost savings and a faster surface design process, increasing the pace of product development.
- Full-size models safely and securely shipped globally.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
“We needed a partner we could really trust to help us tap into the cost and time saving benefits of outsourcing our surface design verification modelling process.“
“Not only could Kadence find the right suppliers and resources to do the work for us at the standard we expected, they also had the experience and capabilities to project manage the entire initiative on our behalf. In addition, Kadence provided a quality assurance function that meant that standards were consistently maintained, and that the verification modelling services we were receiving contributed to cost and time savings while at the same time helping us move through the development process and bring our products to market.”