At ICS, the process of New Product Introduction (NPI) is specifically tailored to the needs of the project. Our NPI process provides a systematic approach to the management of people and resources involved in a project, allowing ICS to keep the program within specifications, on budget, and on time.
How do we do this? Individuals who are experts in effectively communicating the goals of a project lead our product introduction teams. These Program Management Experts have the proven ability to motivate others and the know-how to identify and quickly adapt to changing conditions. With years of detailed NPI experience, our Program Managers can conduct trade-off analyses and ensure an optimal path of success for their team and your product. We view our program management expertise as a core competence that significantly differentiates our service offering.

Beyond the industry knowledge that our Program Managers and their teams bring to each project, ICS integrates the best technology solutions to the process to ensure the highest level of service. One of the tools that we utilize is AEGIS. Our use of the “Discoverent” software system allows our process development and manufacturing teams to collaborate more effectively to offer a better speed time to value of new products, and improve on process stability and predictability for existing products.

Take a look at how our process works, and see the value our team can bring to yours.

ICS provides competitive assembly services based upon client specifications. Whether you require board level assembly, sub-module, or final product assembly, our services provide the solution.

Our Complete Solution services include:

• System box-build
• Integration
• Testing
• Custom system configuration
• Special packaging design

Our Box-Build services include:

• Multi-card assemblies
• Card cages
• Complete-system integration
• Environmental Stress Screening (ESS)
• Full functional testing

ICS delivers efficient prototyping results with our highly trained engineering and manufacturing team. This team oversees the prototype assembly, and ensures design specification conformance prior to the start of production. ICS’s skilled prototyping team works concurrently with OEM engineering and design teams to ensure that we have provided our client with the lowest total cost, the fastest time-to-market, and the highest quality standards when the products are ready for mass production.

Three key factors influence our success:

Flexibility – Due to rapidly shrinking product life cycles, product requirements are constantly changing. ICS customizes and designs each prototype around individual client specifications, leveraging our core site competencies and shared prototyping knowledge from our NPI teams. Our prototyping process is never static. A continual modification process to our prototyping technology prepares us for product evaluation and changing market segments.

Speed – ICS provides quick-turn prototype services to meet time-to-market and time-to-volume requirements. We can provide prototypes in less than 48 hours depending on the size and scope of the project.

Quality – Quick turn around does not benefit anyone without a dedication to the quality of the product that you are putting out. ICS’s systematic approach ensures quality is never sacrificed during our prototyping process. The result is the highest quality in both process and product.

ICS test development team is a critical part of the prototyping process. Engineering advances allow us to use the latest in fixture-less, testing methodologies to reduce the debug and troubleshooting time, lower NRE expenses, provide automated program generation and, most importantly, to provide quicker prototype turnaround.

Many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are relying on an electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider for after-market support. This relationship ensures long-term support for the product, as well as satisfaction on the product’s performance. ICS is a proven partner for OEMs offering manufacturing expertise, integrated services, and solutions to support the entire product lifecycle.

Offering one of the most highly developed after-market service programs in the EMS industry, ICS can work with you to develop the ideal solution for your unique requirements. Our after-market service offering includes:

• Call center and technical support
• Reverse logistics
• Advanced exchange
• Repair and refurbishment
• Failure analysis
• Component refurbishment
• Product upgrades
• Warranty management
• End-of-life management
• Disposal services

Whether you need assistance with materials management, order fulfillment, customer care, receipt processing, testing, repair services, or end-of-life support, we have the skills required to provide you with comprehensive, end-to-end product lifecycle solutions. Our services enable you to focus your internal resources on continued new product development, allowing you to deliver standardized, best-in-class after-market services to your customers.

ICS has been supplying flexible solutions for two decades. Assembly and testing printed circuit boards is one of our core competencies. ICS is a leader in high mix/low volume assembly, specializing in complex assemblies and box builds. Our success maintaining a world-class operation is though our partners as well as our NPI process. Our NPI processes has proven our ability to help our partners get to the market before the competition. With our paperless factory model, our partners experience real-time information with the ability to make changes on the fly throughout the process. Our Quality MES model guarantees the product will be built best in class every time.

(PCA) Capabilities:

• Surface Mount Technology (SMT)
• 0201
• BGA
• Micro BGA
• Flip Chip
• CCGA
• COB
• CSP’s
• MCM’s
• MEM’s
• Double sided , Mirrored BGA’s
• Doubled sided reflow Processing
• Fine pitch part placement down to 10 mil
• Large scale assemblies up to 24” x 24”
• Through Hole Placement
• Radial Insertion
• Axial Insertion
• Dip insertion
• Slide line
• Press fit connectors
• Terminal insertion
• Large scale assemblies up to 24” x 24”
• Process Chemistry
• Lead Assembly
• Aqueous Clean Assembly
• No Clean Assembly
• Lead Free Assembly
• Soldering Operations
• Reflow
• Nitrogen Reflow
• Wave Leaded
• Wave Lead Free
• Nitrogen Wave Lead-free
• Selective Solder Lead
• Selective Solder Lead free

Encapsulation operations:

• Conformal coating line silicon
• Conformal coating line acrylic
• Potting line fully automated
• Potting semi automated

Test Service:

• In Circuit test (ICT)
• Functional Circuit Test (FCT)
• Custom Industrialized test gear
• Burn in Testing
• Thermal Shock Testing
• J Tag testing
• Automated optical Inspection (AOI)
• X-Ray

Support operations:

• Final Assembly
• Box Build
• Cable Assembly
• Depot repair operation for aftermarket services
• BGA repair service