Production isn’t performing
Throughput, downtime, labor, rework, flow, NPI, PCBA/SMT, or equipment that should be capable of more than it is delivering.
Manufacturing • PCBA • Legacy Electronics
Manufacturing and electronics problems—from diagnosis through implementation.
T&M Electronics helps small and midsize manufacturers improve struggling production, resolve obsolete electronics, and turn difficult assemblies or working prototypes into repeatable builds. The result may be an improved process, a tested assembly, or a documented manufacturing handoff.
Problems we solve
Bring the problem. We’ll help determine what kind of solution it actually needs.
The electronics became the weak link
Obsolete PCBs, unavailable parts, aging controllers, difficult wiring, expensive proprietary modules, or useful equipment that is becoming hard to support.
The design works, but production doesn’t
Turn an existing design or prototype into a controlled PCB/PCBA, harness, test process, manufacturing package, or repeatable low-volume assembly.
Relevant project experience
Production problems carried through to working improvements.
Prior employment experience
Automotive electronics production recovery
A group of high-volume electronics lines was operating well below expected performance. The work combined program optimization, rearranging eight machines to match the product mix, feeder setup and splicing improvements, and product allocation to improve cycle-time balance.
Result: sustained improvements over several years repeatedly exceeded established production targets, prompting revised standards, while reducing the labor required for production.
Prior employment experience
Backlog converted to controlled flow
A sensor/electronics operation was carrying persistent backlog and needed a more stable production system. The work improved high-runner production and established a repeating replenishment schedule for boards below their kanban targets. Daily reviews addressed quality failures, production issues, and parts shortages.
Result: the PCBA department cleared its backlog and fully replenished its kanban within a year without adding employees.
Fix the right thing
The solution is not always another PCB.
T&M is not tied to selling a particular technology. The best answer may be a process change, equipment modification, component substitution, harness change, commercial module, custom PCB, fixture, programming change, or a combination.
The goal is to solve the underlying problem — not force every problem into a board design.
Technical lead
Three decades from the factory floor through operations leadership.
Technical Lead — Manufacturing & Electronics
T&M projects are led directly by an experienced electronics-manufacturing practitioner with roughly three decades across SMT/PCBA production, process and manufacturing engineering, quality/DFM, NPI, operations leadership, PCB design, troubleshooting, and implementation.
Training experience: Prior work includes IPC workmanship instruction and new-employee electronics manufacturing bootcamp training through an earlier T&M manufacturing operation, Watlow, and a two-year grant-funded workforce training program.
How we work
Start small enough to learn before making a large commitment.
1
Check project fit
Identify the equipment or assembly, symptoms, business impact, timing, and what success would look like. We confirm fit and the information needed to propose the next step.
2
Assess uncertainty
Where needed, begin with the paid assessment described below. Agree on the question, scope, cost limit, schedule, and deliverables before work begins.
3
Implement and verify
Agree on deliverables and acceptance criteria, then develop and verify the selected process, electronics, interconnect, test, or manufacturing change.
4
Choose the handoff or repeat supply
The result may be an improved process, a tested assembly for repeat orders, or a manufacturing package your team can use. Ownership, documentation, production arrangements, and support responsibilities are agreed in the proposal.
A practical first purchase
Understand the options before committing to a redesign.
Paid technical assessment
When the cause or best solution is uncertain, T&M can propose a paid assessment with an agreed scope, price or spending cap, and schedule.
You receive documented findings, practical options, remaining risks, and a recommended next step. Further engineering, manufacturing, or implementation is a separate decision.
- Agreed question and scope before work begins
- Defined commercial limit and expected schedule
- Documented observations and findings
- Practical options, risks, and next-step recommendation
- Customer may proceed, change direction, or stop
The findings may support implementation, further investigation, or a decision to stop when the expected benefit does not justify the cost.
Cross-functional experience
Factory-floor understanding through product and operations leadership.
Project fit
Defined projects. Practical manufacturing outcomes.
Small business, focused scope
T&M is based in southeast Minnesota and focuses on defined engineering projects and low-volume assemblies. Share your location, quantities, and target date so we can confirm capacity and any onsite requirements.
Build on what already works
Commercial modules may remain part of the solution. Custom electronics or consolidation make sense when the expected benefit justifies development, testing, and future support.
Confirm what the work requires
Documentation, firmware access, equipment access, and validation needs can affect feasibility. Confidentiality, safety or certification requirements, and any outside manufacturing resources are discussed during project definition.
What good work leaves behind
The project should create something measurable and reusable.
✓Measurable production improvement
✓A released PCB, assembly, harness, or test method
✓A controlled manufacturing package or process
✓A repeatable product or assembly T&M can continue supplying
Start with the problem
Tell us what is happening and what it is costing you.
You do not need to know the solution. Describe the problem, what you have tried, and when you need a result. We will review project fit and follow up with questions or a proposed next step. Paid work begins only after its scope and commercial terms are agreed.
Email: sales@tm-electronics.tech