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Manufacturing has traditionally relied on three pillars: quality, speed, and cost. But recent market instabilities have repeatedly shown why procurement partnerships must serve as a fourth pillar to ensure true supply chain resilience. Transactional relationships often collapse during material shortages or logistical delays, but strategic partners act as a hedge by proactively finding alternative solutions to prevent production shutdowns. Listen to the…
For manufacturers, intellectual property security is a strategic sourcing decision – not just a legal formality. While offshoring often promises lower costs, it can introduce unforeseen risks such as stolen designs, counterfeit products, and the loss of physical tooling leverage. This podcast looks at why legal contracts and NDAs are often unenforceable across international borders,…
For many years, procurement success was measured by three familiar pillars: quality, speed, and cost. Hit your specs. Meet your lead times. Protect your margins. In a stable environment, that model works. But we’re no longer operating in stable times. Volatility is no longer a temporary disruption that manufacturers can plan around—it’s become the operating…
Offshoring can seem like a straightforward math problem: lower piece price, acceptable lead time, quality checks out—sign the agreement and move forward. But for many manufacturers, that equation breaks down the moment intellectual property (IP) becomes part of the value. IP risk doesn’t show up as a line item on an invoice. It shows up…
For many manufacturers, pricing conversations have never been more difficult. Costs are rising, customers are pushing back, and trust is increasingly fragile. Many leaders feel caught in a pricing power paradox: while many manufacturers feel they must raise prices to stay profitable due to rising costs, those same price increases are often met with resistance,…
Rapid growth and skyrocketing demand sound like a dream for most businesses, but it can quickly become a nightmare if production can’t keep up. We uploaded our New Berlin Plastics growth strategy for scaling without bottlenecks and then asked Google’s NotebookLM to generate a podcast for our customers’ listening enjoyment. Listen to the podcast now!…
Manufacturers who rely on injection molded plastic components can’t afford having their production lines go down because a partner fails to deliver on time. That’s why the most successful supplier selection teams regularly evaluate all risks in their supply chain and weigh them against the benefits their suppliers provide. In the past, offshoring injection molding…
Not long ago, there were limited options for making plastic parts that have complex geometries. A common method was CNC machining, which can be expensive and slow. Plastic injection molding is a much faster and cost-effective way to make parts, but those with intricate designs can cause quality and processing challenges. However, New Berlin Plastics…
Numerous industries including healthcare, electronics, industrial, and automotive have relied on metal for many years to produce the parts and components that go into their finished products. While that is still true, many manufacturers are turning to thermoplastic resins as their continued evolution makes them practical for many metal to plastic conversion opportunities. Why are…
In recent months we’ve told you about our new building which we purchased earlier this year to stay one step ahead of growing demand from our customers. It’s a key part of the future of New Berlin Plastics. Now it’s time for a little show and tell! We recently shot a brief video tour of…
