Inodus was founded in 2021, our first initiative is to help UK & EU SME with custom-parts manufacturing services that combines hypercompetitive cost, fast lead time and quality. We have taken a different approach from both traditional manufacturers and most online manufacturing platforms, leveraging on lean operation, efficient communications and collaboration with our core partners.
Rather than having hundreds of suppliers who bid for a project, we directly use a mature network of selected core partners that excel in their respective fields. Our founders have collaborated with them for many years and fully understand their capabilities and capacity. Our staff include design engineers who are native Chinese speakers and can seamlessly communicate with engineers in China with minimal delay. What’s more, our China-based branch will facilitate DFM and on-site QA, actually taking advantage of the time-zone difference to maximize efficiency.
We can achieve something that’s usually not possible – the combination of speed, quality and cost.
What might come as a surprise is, that the larger and more complex your part is, the more competitive our price will be. On top of that, many of our advanced manufacturing services give you direct access to the technologies that’s rarely available in the UK or EU for SME.
What makes us unique
Manufacturers in China exhibit a wide range of capabilities, capacities, qualities, and pricing. While very large and capable suppliers typically shy away from smaller projects (anything not in multi-millions), suppliers offering cheap prices often pose significant risks to the project in terms of both quality and lead time.
Acquiring a favourable price in China can be challenging without a strong relationship or an understanding of the business mentality. Many suppliers are reluctant to initiate DFM or FMEA until an order is placed, and they may show little interest or offer competitive prices for quantities that are deemed unsatisfactory.
At Inodus, we take care of every aspect of the project at various stages. Our team of dedicated engineers on both sides enables us to streamline the initial RFQ process and conduct thorough risk analyses. Moreover, we have specialized staff in China with extensive experience in handling negotiations, allowing us to secure the most competitive prices, optimal lead times, and impeccable quality standards for all our projects.
How we can help
Our array of manufacturing services can cover your entire product development process from conception generation to mass production. Our hyper-competitive-priced CNC and 3D printing services offers unprecedented capabilities in terms of technologies, material choices and sizes. With no MOQ on all services, you can rely on us for your rapid prototyping or small-batch production needs.
When it comes to mass production after prototyping, our services cover almost any manufacturing methods you will use. Tooling period will usually be faster than any UK or EU-based manufacturers that will give you a significant time advantage to launch your products into the market. Furthermore, most of our tooling-modification are fast and extremely cost-effective should you have any design changes afterwards, further increases your market response time and reduce your overall product life cycle cost.
Our design engineers have in depth knowledge of various production technologies and can help you seamlessly communicate during DFM (Design for Manufacturing) reviews and sometimes advices on FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis).
Turnkey solutions
One unique advantage we can also provide is a seamless transition between prototyping and production. We can advise you both the cost of CNC/3D printing and anything tooling/part cost for subsequent mass production in very short time. If there’s any extra services in between such as material treatment and surface finishing, we can streamline the process by coordinating with our project management team in UK and China. Logistically we offer various shipping methods and corresponding stock-holding services that might help with your production planning.