Specialisation · Design · Manufacture · Lifecycle
NPI & Supply Chain
New-product introduction, supplier audits and component lifecycle management — from first article to global EMS scale.
Discuss NPI or supply chain
Why Tekt
From first article to freight without surprises
The gap between a working prototype and a supplied product is procedural: documentation packs, supplier qualification, buffer strategy. We run NPI as a discipline, onshore first, then across our audited international EMS network.
Our supply-chain team tracked and re-engineered clients through the great component shortage without a single line-down month.
How we deliver
Unique value, end to end
Onshore first
Pilot runs on our own line surface issues before volume transfer.
Audited network
EMS partners qualified against our quality and anti-slavery standards.
Lifecycle radar
EOL notices monitored across your BOM with qualified alternates ready.
Case studies
Case studies
Real programs from this practice — the brief, the engineering approach, and where it landed.
- Case study 01 · Flite
Scaling a marine flagship
From first pilot lots to sustained global volume, we have run Fliteboard’s NPI and supply chain — buffers, alternates and transfer discipline through the component-crisis years.
- Case study 02 · Firmus
Compute chassis introduction
Firmus’s chassis program moved through structured first articles, supplier qualification and documentation packs to reach repeatable production.
- Case study 03 · Matrixx
LED light-engine ramp
The Matrixx high-bay light engine crossed from validated design to volume through staged NPI gates — thermal validation, supplier audits and a yield-tracked ramp.
What we solve
Problems this practice removes
- Pilot builds that don’t transfer
- Single-sourced parts going end-of-life mid-run
- Suppliers audited on paper only
- Landed costs discovered at invoice
Tools, processes & standards
Who delivers it
The team behind it
- NPI engineer — First-article to volume-transfer ownership
- Supply chain manager — Sourcing, buffers and EOL strategy
- Supplier quality engineer — Audits and corrective actions
Capabilities
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Scaling past your first thousand units?
We carry products from pilot line to global supply without losing control.
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