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CAPABILITIES

Facilities, Certifications and Standards Compliance

Capabilities Overview: Vertically Integrated Manufacturing

Our company stands as a premier U.S.-based, vertically integrated manufacturing partner with decades of proven expertise in precision electronic manufacturing, complex assembly integration, metal fabrication, and plastic injection molding. We offer robust solutions from prototyping to turn-key high-volume product builds, with stringent adherence to quality and compliance standards (ISO 9001:2015). This comprehensive integration ensures unparalleled control over quality, cost, and lead times, delivering superior products to market with efficiency and precision.

Core Engineering & Design Capabilities

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Our highly skilled engineering team is the cornerstone of our innovation, providing deep expertise across critical disciplines.

RF DESIGN & TEST:

Concept & Specification

Development of detailed RF system architectures, link budgets, and component specifications for a wide range of wireless applications (e.g., IoT, telecommunications, radar, medical devices).

PCB Layout for RF

Specialized knowledge in high-frequency PCB layout techniques, including impedance control, signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI/EMC considerations to ensure optimal RF performance.

Advanced RF Test & Measurement

Full suite of RF test capabilities, including vector network analysis (VNA), spectrum analysis, power measurement, noise figure measurement, and over-the-air (OTA) testing.

Circuit Design

Expertise in designing high-frequency circuits, including amplifiers, filters, mixers, oscillators, and antenna matching networks, utilizing advanced simulation tools (e.g., Keysight ADS, Ansys HFSS).

Prototyping & Validation

Rapid fabrication of RF prototypes and comprehensive testing in our state-of-the-art RF anechoic chambers and shielded enclosures.

Compliance & Certification

Support for regulatory compliance (FCC, CE, etc.) and pre-compliance testing to accelerate market entry.

DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY (DFM):

Early Stage Collaboration

Integration of manufacturing considerations from the earliest design phases to optimize product design for efficient, high-yield production.

Process Optimization

Ensuring designs are compatible with our in-house manufacturing processes, minimizing rework and maximizing throughput.

Assembly Optimization

Designing for ease of assembly, reducing part count, and simplifying assembly steps.

Cost Reduction

Identification and implementation of design changes that reduce material costs, labor, and assembly time without compromising performance or quality.

Tolerance Analysis

Detailed analysis to ensure robust designs that account for manufacturing variations and component tolerances.

Quality Management System

Product Development

Advanced Product Planning:

  • Product Design Specifications​

  • Design for Mfg & Asm

  • Internal Design Reviews

  • Supplier Print Acceptance

  • Design FMEA

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New Product Introduction:

  • System & Process FMEA

  • Design Verification Testing

  • First Article Approval

  • Capability Studies

  • Pilot Run Approval

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Supplier Quality & Development:

  • Part / Material Evaluation

  • Supplier Assessment

  • Supplier Monitoring

  • Incoming Inspection

Production

First Time Quality:

  • Functional Testing

  • Live Testing

  • Throughput Yield (TPY)

  • Dock Audits

  • First Piece / Last Piece

  • SPC

  • DOE

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Ongoing Quality:

  • Daily Production Meeting

  • Standard Work Instructions for Each Model

  • Process Control Plans for Each Part and Model

  • Product Change Order Process

Continuous Improvement

Customer Support Center:

  • Technical Service

  • Warranty Support

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Continuous Improvement:

  • Internal Feedback

  • Customer Feedback

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Corrective Action System

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How We Ensure Quality

As products are developed, there are gated processes that are adhered to which drive designs to be robust and reliable, yet also designed for manufacturability. Throughout the development process, the designs undergo rigorous performance, reliability, environmental, regulatory, and packaging testing. The activities outlined above are all documented in various internal systems to track results, issues, and resolutions. 

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Transitioning product designs into manufacturing phase brings them into the comprehensive quality system that ensures product quality. There are many activities ingrained in the Winegard system that are the foundation of product quality: product specific work instructions, incoming product inspection, lean principles in manufacturing cell design, daily process and product audits, functional product testing, and live product testing. All of these activities are continuously monitored to ensure quality levels meet expectations.

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Continuous Improvement at Winegard is a mindset that is part of the overall business objective. There are resources, processes, and tools in place to drive continuous improvement. There is a commitment to improve our products, processes, systems, and methods in order to provide customers with the best products and services. We utilize various Six Sigma tools to drive improvements in product and process quality.

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