ECCE International has developed a methodical approach to reducing product costs and adopting value-engineering techniques. The benefit is to make signs that meet the design intent of advising agencies, produced to the appropriate quality, at a lower sustainable cost than would otherwise be the case.

Our design engineers follow a phased approach as follows:

Information gathering
Establish an understanding of performance and design criteria, proposed production methods, associated costs, customer requirements, expected product lifetime and planned maintenance approach.

Analysis
Prioritise the functions of the item and assign costs to each function.

Speculation
The expertise of our people is critical in this phase, for this is where a broad knowledge of alternative design strategies, materials and production techniques must be applied. Speculation requires both lateral thinking and the investigation of standardisation and reduction of variety.

Evaluation
Examine detailed information and prove costs and specifications, including warranties and maintenance requirements.

Implementation
Solutions are tested and specifications are finalised. They are then incorporated into a full product specification.

In production, the only limits are set by physical restrictions and the Building Supervising Authority. ECCE International can offer the complete range of advanced production technologies, both in metal and plastics processing as well as in powder coating and surface finishing (and other alternative materials).

Naturally, we always use the latest state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies across manufacturing centres in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and the UK.

Top level logistics - short delivery times, strict faithfulness to deadlines, fast responses to our customers' every wish - are a matter of course for ECCE International. Order processing will be coordinated between different production sites and warehouses all over Europe, and in such a smooth way that you will not even notice the complexity and amount of planning behind. Take this as a promise!

The contract will have 2 main stages, mobilisation and roll out. The first stage mobilisation is concerned with ensuring that all preparation has been made for the ‘Roll Out’ second stage.

Mobilisation
This stage starts on the awarding of the contract and is deemed complete when we are fully prepared for the Roll Out phase. This phase follows a formal structure and typically will formalise the contract plans for the following:

Design
Ensuring all product design is complete, prototypes have been made and approved, bills of resource are in place.

Survey
Ensuring all survey documentation is in place, all surveyors are in place and trained in the requirements of the contract specific survey, survey databases are ready to accept and store survey data.

Project Management
Site flowcharts and their corresponding generic timelines are documented and agreed with the client. Site progress reporting methods are documented and agreed with the client.

Supply
Long lead-time materials have been sourced. Internally manufactured first builds are complete and assembly teams are trained. External suppliers are identified and in place.

Logistics
Storage requirements identified and in place. Product handling procedures documented. Stores personnel trained in handling and storage of contract specific product. Delivery methods have been documented and agreed.

Installation
Installation crews are in place and trained on the installation of the contract specific product. Installation method statements and risk assessments are documented.

Stage 2 - Roll Out
The rollout phase is concerned with taking instruction to proceed on individual sites through to site completion, audit and closure.