Globally Competitive

Perhaps you’ve found offshore manufacturing isn’t delivering on all the promises you think it should. Maybe the cost savings aren’t as great as you thought, or maybe the delays and complications that can accompany cross-cultural relationships are eroding the value proposition. If so, a partnership with Fleetwood Electronics can be the right solution. We believe we can provide superior product quality, greater speed to market, and surprisingly competitive economics from a U.S.-based company.

We can make that assertion credibly for a number of reasons. First, our integrated design and manufacturing capabilities create more efficient manufacturing processes and maximize quality standards. Second, we make continuous investments in equipment and processes that offset offshore labor cost differences. And, our U.S. location allows us to be more flexible and faster in responding to our customers’ evolving needs. Those are some of the reasons export programs constitute over one third of Fleetwood Electronics’ total business.

In fact, we have won significant business in direct competition with Asian manufacturing, because price is no longer the only consideration in product sourcing decisions. ISO-certified facilities like ours can take back the edge because we’re able to provide excellent quality, control costs, and deliver values that offshore sources can’t — such as English speaking engineers in the same time zone. We can help our clients avoid time, travel, language, and intellectual property obstacles that can threaten a product development’s success.

In September, 2002, the Fleetwood Group received the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Export Achievement Certificate. This certificate recognizes our diligence and achievement not only in developing markets like South America and Southeast Asia, but mature competitive markets like the European Community.