With the evolution of the technological environment, automation and CNC programming, the focus of component manufacturing has shifted towards mass production over the last decade. These modern machines allow a degree of tolerance and precision that in most cases can no longer be exploited in practice. This is not only a problem for high-volume production, but also for low-volume production, where companies do not take into account cost and time efficiency factors. As the market for premium products and services grows at an increasingly fast pace around the world, low volume production with perfect quality is increasingly expected. Following the 2008 crisis, efficient manufacturing processes and optimisation projects came to the foreground and this trend has been further exacerbated by the economic crisis caused by COVID-19, due to the supply chain constraints and cost sensitivity of companies, not least the dynamic growth of the premium business line.
In 2021, companies can no longer design and manufacture components on the basis of theoretical specifications that have been superseded in practice for decades.
On the other hand, the predominance of theoretical training in education systems has also led the engineers responsible for designing components to design with requirements, tolerances and materials that are out of touch with reality and unnecessary in practical installation and use. These designs, in turn, increase production costs by orders of magnitude, both in mass production and in low-volume production, and represent a serious risk to the continuity of production. A responsible decision-maker cannot risk a production stoppage due to a defective component, thereby causing a serious financial loss and a loss of image for the company.
The consultancy services of Z COMP are the result of the market demand generated by these processes since a significant need has arisen for professionals who build on their several decades of experience and incorporate the highest level of professional expertise into the processes of companies as early as in the design phase, which promotes the elimination of unnecessary requirements, inefficient processes, and policies that have been outdates for decades, replacing them with a cost- and time-efficient manufacturing process. The consultancy and professional experience of Z COMP is built on the parts manufacturing and tool machining expertise of Zeljenka Kft. that has been in continuous development since 1993, within the framework of which our experts have acquired significant experience in all fields of metal parts production (cold forming, pressing, drawing, deep drawing, bending).