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Manufacturing Excellence

In a global economy, the where and how of manufacturing are equally important. Utilizing design and manufacturing capabilities around the world, Molex drives innovation on behalf of our customers, bringing quality to life through human-centered design and predictive manufacturing.

Overview


Today's fast-paced world demands companies quickly leverage their competitive edge. With a wide range of options, companies cannot rely simply on their product’s performance or price. Instead, manufacturers must simultaneously address quality, reliability, functionality, cost, and availability. But with a range of necessities that seemingly conflict, how can manufacturers stay ahead of customer expectations? 

At Molex, we understand the importance of manufacturing excellence, and it drives us to exceed not just our customer expectations, but your customers’ as well. Our industry-leading interconnect products are backed by our engineering expertise, collaborative approach, digital transformation and a fine-tuned global footprint, ensuring quality and reliability in all we do. 

We’ve also brought together the best in people and technology, combining human-centered design with predictive manufacturing to bring their innovations to life. Collaborative design tools are used not just to propose initial product concepts, but to fully position, animate and test them within 3D environments: easing and speeding the product development and manufacturing process. Not only do we build better products more efficiently, but we ensure superior uniformity between units and across operators and manufacturing methods. 

How can we help you manufacture your competitive advantage?

Backed by Engineering Expertise

Our manufacturing excellence goes hand-in-hand with our engineering expertise. Learn how they come together to build a superior customer experience.

The Forefront of Innovation

Innovation is at the forefront of everything we do at Molex. Discover how it’s embedded in everything we do.

Tested in the Reliability Lab

The Molex Global Reliability Lab speeds time-to-market by bringing together the latest test, analysis, and product certification capabilities all under one roof.

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Employ The Power of Predictive Manufacturing

Molex is harnessing emerging predictive engineering technologies to make manufacturing more efficient, reliable and cost-effective for our customers. In place of a physical prototype, we use 3D modeling to create digital twins of product in development to test fit, form, function, and lifespan within our customers’ unique application and environmental conditions. Our collaborative approach puts quality at the center and allows our customers to quickly share feedback for the next iteration. This same concept also applies to our own factory floor, where our engineers can now test processes in a digital environment before implementing them on the manufacturing floor.

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Achieve Quality Through Standardization: The Molex Operating System

Process is the backbone of reliability. Underpinning our approach to manufacturing is the Molex operating system: a set of built-in capabilities and processes that allows factories in every corner of the globe to operate under the same consistent parameters. This set of factory-level work instructions guides everything from process standardization to how we build, optimize and drive quality improvements, ensuring repeatable quality for our products and customers alike.

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Jabil and Molex: Culture of Collaboration Enables Unprecedented Customer Value in Turbulent Times

When COVID-19 led to unprecedented demand for lifesaving ventilators, Molex and Jabil joined forces to tackle the dire market need. Molex’s commitment to manufacturing excellence produced 20,000 ventilator parts for Jabil in just six days, with increased production in record time.

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“We really cared about the fact that the products we were building could save people’s lives and make a difference. We reached out to Molex and they reacted with lightning speed.”   
Frank McKay
SVP and Chief Procurement Office
Jabil

Benefit from Purpose-Built Machines

Faster, more reliable and cost-effective manufacturing often hinges on the machinery on the factory floor. At Molex, our engineering teams design and build the machines used in the stamping, injection molding and assembly processes. This purpose-built approach enables quality and efficiency beyond what’s available on the market and is deployed in more than 30 manufacturing sites worldwide. Our reliability, paired with cutting-edge data-driven processes, sets Molex manufacturing apart.

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Turn a Global Manufacturing Footprint into a Competitive Edge

As the global supply chain evolves, proximity to customers is a key capability of any manufacturer. With our extensive global footprint, Molex can produce the right components in the right place while providing unrivaled customer experiences along the way. Depending on the customers’ needs, we direct manufacturing and support to the ideal location to ensure timely delivery, cost effectiveness, compliance with local regulations and responsiveness to ever-changing industry dynamics: an important advantage in an increasingly competitive market.

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Early Engagement a Critical Success Factor in Manufacturing

As a component supplier and electronic solutions provider, Molex works closely with customers to ensure final products meet regulations. Discover how our multi-stage product development process benefits customers around the world.

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Molex Design and Manufacturing Capabilities for Next-Generation High-Speed Solutions

Everyday, the rate at which data is consumed increases in volume, complexity and speed. Learn how Molex is designing and manufacturing solutions to support the need for faster, more complex data transmission. 

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Simulation: A Revolution in Design and Manufacturing

Digital transformation is providing manufacturers around the world with increased capabilities in simulating and analyzing steps of the product manufacturing process. Here’s how Molex is using simulation from design to assembly. 

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Human-Centered Design: Where Form Meets Function

Integrated product development processes that anchor human-centered design within a design for manufacturing philosophy is key to placing usability front-and-center of innovation projects. Here are the four success factors for human-centered design. 

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Get in Touch

Interested in learning more? We’d love to hear from you! At Molex, we believe in the transformative power of creating connections. We use innovation, engineering excellence, commitment to quality and reliability, and a superior customer experience to improve communication, elevate experiences and engage and inspire people everywhere. Reach out to learn about how we can help you.