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BOSTONtec Shares Perspective on Today's Wire Harness Industry
March 5, 2024 | Brittany Martin, IPC/WHMAEstimated reading time: 1 minute
BOSTONtec® is a Michigan-based company established in 1993 that produces high-quality, height-adjustable modular workstations. It serves the assembly, fulfillment, medical, automotive, aerospace, and technology markets.
With 30 years of design and manufacturing experience, BOSTONtec is a leader in ergonomic workstations and custom solutions that increase productivity, ROI, employee safety, and satisfaction. All BOSTONtec products are designed and fabricated in the United States and sold worldwide.
We visited with Rob Doucette, senior applications engineer, to learn more about the wire harness industry from his point of view.
What are the day-to-day operations like at your company? What are the main goals and objectives you set out to achieve daily?
Rob Doucette: At BOSTONtec, our teams collaborate seamlessly to fulfill our primary objective: meeting the unique requirements of our customers. With a steady stream of leads flowing through our website, phones, and channel partners, our regional sales managers engage with dealers and potential end users to gain deeper insights into their specific applications. Should the application be straightforward, our sales managers will use our configuration tool to develop a workstation design.
For projects that involve customization, our experienced applications engineers step in with concept drawings to help customers visualize their options. Once the concept receives approval and the purchase order is finalized, our engineers transform the concept into a detailed design, which is then handed over to our manufacturing team for production.
Continue reading this article in the Winter 2024 issue of IPC Community.