Suppliers or remote manufacturing facilities that fail to meet required quality standards or deadlines. Component manufacturers (OCMs) stop producing certain items and make them obsolete, leaving you to either redesign your product or find new sources for dwindling inventory.
Employees are not adequately trained to identify errors and defects immediately.
A single weak link in the supply chain can jeopardize the safety of your product. To be on the safe side, it’s essential to be on the lookout for potential design flaws, weak or counterfeit components, and substandard workmanship throughout the whole production process, and to uncover weak points as quickly as possible.