by Alex Nies
SMT Renting
1. june 2020
The corona crisis is also a good opportunity
for Electronic Manufactures (Never waste a good crisis)
As we all have seen in the last months the corona pandemic is turning into an economic crisis that is also effecting Electronic Manufactures. They need to focus on their available cash, are limiting operating expenses and reducing capital investments.
Many Electronic Manufactures are seeing an decrease of their production load. Combined with the need for cash, it’s natural that their first thoughts are not with new equipment investments or improving factory efficiency.
BUT the saying “never waste a good crisis” is also very true for Electronic Manufactures.
Right now is THE moment to rethink if your electronic manufacturing operation is still competitive. In good days when your factory is running at full capacity, you don’t have time for changes in your factory and inefficiencies are often ignored. So why not using this time to modernize the equipment and make your factory as efficient as possible.
The problem that remains is the limited cash position to execute this upgrade. For this, SMT Renting offers a very good financial solution which can be tailormade specifically in the corona time.
With the operational lease of SMT Renting, Electronic Manufactures don’t need to spend their money upfront but just pay a monthly fee from the revenue the business is generating over time. SMT Renting understands that manufactures could have less production load during this corona crisis but the flexibility of this Renting concept allows starting users to adapt their monthly lease to their production load. With this “Corona Special” they can grow into their contract by allowing a lower monthly fee during the start of the lease. Beside this flexibility in monthly rates, it’s possible to exchange the equipment during the contract period to cope with changes in the market. Also this crisis will come to an end and especially for these demand fluctuations, this flexibility is appreciated very much.
Stay healthy, the SMT Renting team
by Alex Nies
SMT Renting
21. februar 2020
Can your SMD manufacturing Line
keep up with all changes?
SMT Renting is addressing a strong demand for flexibility in the electronic manufacturing industry.
This is not done via a special technical feature but by an interesting financial & economical aspect. Where customers used to purchase their production equipment and then depreciate this line over many (even up to 10) years, it has become more attractive to start an operational lease. More and more smart managers are realizing that the use of their production line is more important than the ownership of it. Looking to the recent success of car private leasing, consumers recognize this as well.
The world is changing faster than ever before, why buying something for 5 – 10 years when you don’t know if it’s the right solution for the years to come. Wouldn’t it be great if you could update the equipment every few years to match your changing production requirements or simply because equipment vendors have introduced more competitive solutions.
SMT Renting offers this flexible lease concept. It’s not a traditional financial lease like banks are offering but it’s a full operational lease with maximum flexibility. The focus of SMT Renting is purely the electronic manufacturing industry, working close with equipment vendors. Sales and service execution remains with the equipment vendor but with SMT Renting it’s possible to STOP & SWAP the equipment regularly, all at a very attractive monthly rate. This gives many benefits to the end user, both in flexibility and cost.
Technology on demand
Electronic products are changing every year or even sometimes every few months. New components, PCB’s or technology require that Electronic Manufactures keep their equipment up to date. SMT-Renting allows the user to exchange single machines or even a total production line to better match new technology requirements.
Capacity on demand
Business forecast is becoming more and more unpredictable and capacity requirements can change unexpectedly. SMT Renting allows users to overcome this by exchanging equipment to match the required capacity. This keeps the user more agile and enables them to take advantage of short term business opportunities. There is less risk and no need for making long term investments.
The lease contract in practice; Customers experience maximum flexibility.
- Technology Guaranty Renting (TGR), meaning that equipment can be replaced during the lease period when new technology requires this.
- Flexible Renting periods from 24-60 months
- Flexibility to add machines for a limited time period so customer can win new business
- Possibility to Re-Rent or change equipment after rental period
- Mix Rent & Buy. Example: rent the first 36 month & buy at an attractive market price
- Possibility to include full service & warranty during the entire period
- Customers with operations in multiple plants / countries can move their equipment to the site that requires the capacity most.
Choice of equipment.SMT equipment
SMT Renting works with most equipment suppliers in the Electronic Manufacturing market. Customers can select their preferred equipment from different vendors. SMT Renting operates independant and respects the sales and service channels of each vendor.
by Alex Nies
SMT Renting
17. may 2018
A new trend in the
Electronic Manufacturing Industry
SMT House is addressing an interesting new trend in the electronic manufacturing market. This time it’s not a technology trend but a financial & economical trend.
Where customers used to purchase their production equipment and then depreciate this line over many (even up to 10) years, it has now become more attractive to start an operational lease. More and more smart managers are realizing that the use of their production line is more important than owning that same line. For consumers you can see the same trend, look to the recent success of private lease of cars. The world is changing faster than ever before, why buying something for 5 – 10 years when you don’t know if it’s the right solution for you in a few years from now.
SMT House offers via SMT Renting since a few years this operational lease concept. This is not a traditional financial lease like banks are offering but it’s a full operational lease. SMT House specializes in the electronic manufacturing industry which gives many benefits.
It can offers total operational packages, including all-inclusive warranty, maintenance and services for the total production line.
- Customers will have one point of contact for all equipment in that line.
Financial benefits:
- No capital binding
- Minimum of Risk
- “Off Balance”
During the time of the lease contract, customers experiences maximum flexibility.
- Technology Guaranty Renting (TGR), meaning that equipment can be replaced during the lease period when new technology requires this.
- Flexible Renting periods from 24-60 months
- Flexibility to add machines for a limited time period so customer can win new business
- Possibility to Re-Rent or change equipment after rental period
- Mix Rent & Buy. Example: rent the first 36 month & buy at an attractive market price
- Possibility to include full service & warranty during the entire period
SMT House is the first in the Electronic Manufacturing Industry who offers Pay-Per-Use.
- Just having a production line doesn’t pay the bills
- Using your line means products are built and customers can be invoiced