What Differentiates LAI from Other Contract Manufacturers

Innovative ideas, best-in-class people, optimized processes and leading-edge technology help LAI International re-define the traditional manufacturing and supply-chain model.

Our business is based on providing the most effective manufacturing and assembly solutions to the world’s most innovative companies. LAI is a strategic supplier to industry leaders who are driven to be the best in their vertical markets. Our customers are our partners. We collaborate to deliver innovative solutions to manufacturing problems, improve product throughput and optimize processes. LAI leverages its LEAN and Six Sigma processes, integrated material sourcing and intellectual property to deliver your mission-critical products and assemblies. We handle contract manufacturing ranging from single-engineered products to complex manufacturing requiring multi-tier supply chain management. We are a complete manufacturing solution provider with a passion to commit and the conviction to deliver.

Many of our manufacturing solutions are the result of technology and manufacturing skills that are genuinely unique to LAI. Together with our depth and breadth of processes we are positioned to offer complete supply-chain solutions for our customers. We work closely with our customers at every stage of the manufacturing and product-delivery process. LAI offers numerous leading-edge solutions to the manufacturing of mission-critical components for highly demanding customer applications.

Combining these skills and institutionalizing a LEAN and Six-Sigma manufacturing philosophy has resulted in our delivery of industry-leading time-to-market solutions at a highly competive level of cost. We find the best manufacturing solutions for our customers’ requirements, resulting in long-term commercial relationships built on mutual trust and understanding. LAI’s approach to delivering manufacturing solutions is driven by extremely focused research and development, extensive use of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and factory automation technologies, LEAN and Six Sigma processes, and a highly educated and motivated workforce.

Our Corporate Values

LAI International's success centers largely on helping its employees develop a shared set of common values. These values are intended to serve as guides to behavior and decision making at LAI. The application of these values in our day-to-day work will enable us to maintain strong long-term relationships with our customers, suppliers and coworkers, which is critical to our growth and success.

 

Mutual Respect

  • LAI promotes an environment of mutual respect and trust that will cultivate enjoyment, teamwork and success in the workplace.

Integrity

  • Absolute integrity is the cornerstone of strong relationships. We seek to hire people of integrity, and avoid engaging in activities with people who are untrustworthy.

Openness and Communication

  • An honest and unimpeded flow of information is critical to our long-term success as a company. We strive to document and share the results of our work for the greater good of LAI.

Continuous Improvement

  • Our mission asks each of us to approach each day and task with a goal of continuous improvement. Implicitly, we recognize that no methodology or organization is perfect, and that people of good intent make honest mistakes. We recognize these as opportunities for growth, rather than for punishment.

Education and Learning

  • Continued learning and growth is the only way to respond to the rapid pace of change that will always be a part of our environment. We encourage our staff to improve and grow through learning on the job and outside of the workplace.

Technology

  • Our competitive edge is based on our technology.  Our competitors will not stand still; nor will we. We will continue to seek and master appropriate new technologies.

Pride and Craftsmanship

  • We ask each employee to bring a sense of pride to his or her work every day. People who are proud of what they do are more productive and satisfied. 

Enjoyment

  • Work should be enjoyable and rewarding. This pleasure comes from working with people we like and respect in the completion of clear and specific objectives. In support of this, we will celebrate our successes and applaud our coworkers. 

Delivery

  • When we set out to do something we will do it completely and correctly. We are committed to deliver on time to our internal and external customers with quality.

Quality

  • We expect to be judged on the quality of our work. Our customers deserve our best efforts at all times. Nothing less than this is acceptable.

Environment and Community

  • We have a responsibility to be good corporate citizens and will always be respectful of the communities and natural environments in which we operate. We will encourage participation in community activities and work together to preserve the environment.

Why Outsource with LAI?

LAI combines world-class people, processes and intellectual property to manufacture make-complete precision parts. LAI coordinates supply chain management to reduce the number of vendors to deliver make-complete precision parts on time.

LAI’s Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) teams help customers reduce production costs:

  • Management of risk with contractual obligation
  • Operational expertise
  • Access to larger staffing pool and wider range of skills and experience
  • Management of capacity
  • Improved quality of product
  • Six Sigma continuous improvement in quality
  • Reduction of time to market
  • Application of LEAN — extreme focus on eliminating wait states
  • Reduction in production cycle — 40%
  • Design changes — optimized for improved manufacturability
  • Efficient raw material purchases — supply chain leverage through volume
  • Lead-time compression to get new products to shop floor — 60% plus
  • Minimal scrap — 0.17% scrap rate
  • Reduction in product acquisition costs — average 3-7% annually