OEM PROCESS FLOW

Seeed provides complete Original Equipment Manufacturing services for a wide variety of electronic
hardware, lifting your design from paper to production. Offering the entire package from PCB
manufacture, parts procurement, turn-key assembly, mechanical parts manufacture, packaging services,
quality inspections down to shipping provisions, complete with dedicated account managers and expert
engineers, Seeed can help you realize your ideas economically and efficiently. Take a look below for more
insight on how and what we can achieve together. If that interests you, we invite you to find out more by
contacting us via oem@seeed.cc. We look forward to hearing from you.

PROCESS FLOW TASKS INPUT OUTPUT TURNAROUND TIME

BOM
A. Sign NDA (optional)
PCB Gerber files
B. Client provides production documents
Test plan
according to the input list
PCB Specification NDA 1-2 days client interaction
C. Seeed analyses the RFQ
Inquiry Quality request RFQ Checklist
D. Seeed completes the RFQ checklist
Parts list
E. Seeed optimizes the inquiry and
provides feedback
Mechanical parts
design file (Opt.)

A. Seeed provides initial quotation and Initial quotation

suggests alternatives where possible
Alternatives Quotation PCBA: 3-7 days
B. Client provides feedback on alternatives suggestion Accepted
Quotation PCBA + Boxbuild: 5-10 days
C. Seeed finalizes the quotation Final quotation

A. Client sends out the formal PO

PO
B. Seeed issues an invoice
Invoice DFM report 2-4 days after receiving PO or first
C. Seeed initiates the order after payment payment subject to business terms
Project has been received Payment
Kickoff
D. Seeed provides feedback DFM report
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PROCESS FLOW TASKS INPUT OUTPUT TURNAROUND TIME

A. Material procurement

B. Incoming material inspection

C. Prepare for manufacturing, tester  NPI report 10-30 days from material purchas
development, SOP, stencils, tooling, and ing to 1-100 pieces NPI build
Production quality control standard etc.
Process-NPI
D. Production of 3-5 prototypes

E. Testing and debugging

A. SMT & Reflow Soldering

B. Selective Wave Soldering

C. Solder paste inspection (SPI)

D. 100% PCBA Functional test Production 30-45 days from material purchas-
Report ing to complete
Production E. Product Assembly production assembly

F. Final testing

G. Packaging

H. Final quality inspection

Expressway:
- 3-5 days to North America or
Europe
- 1-3 days to APAC

By air:
A. Global door-to-door delivery Tracking - 5-10 days to North America or
information Europe
Delivery B. Drop-shipping - 3-5 days to APAC

By sea:
- 15-20 days to North America
- 30-40 days to Europe
- 7-10 days to APAC

A. Failure Analysis or RMA (returned Failure Analysis based on

material authorization) customer’s feedback:
-24 hours feedback customer
B. Customer service satisfaction survey containment action
After-sales and continued improvement
Service 7 -10 days feedback root cause
C. Timely business performance review analysis and corrective action