For Properties
For subsitution and qualification
Formulation
For cost reduction
For Cpk enhancement
Improve the mechanical, chemical, environmental and electrical properties of your product to access new niche markets. Develop novel combinations of properties tailored to a specific clients new products
Suppliers may, for a variety of reasons stop supplying a key formulation component essential to the performance of you product. More likely, they’ll stop supplying at the costs, quantities and delivery schedules you need. Reformulation is often the easiest and the only way to address this.
Formulation impacts cost in a variety of ways: Density, process throughputs and base-line material costs all impact overall margin. Better selection of components and concentrations impacts all of these factors, and design for costing yields improvements in margin, only when all factors are considered.
Cpk dictates how consistently you primary performance parameters fall within internal specifications and client requirements. Formulation for reduced variance and sensitivity to process conditions can drastically enhance your overall process quality, reduce scrap rates, customer complaints and returns. These are all hidden costs negatively affecting your margin, and can often be addressed with very minor changes in formulation.