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  • Our Capabilities

    Our Capabilities

    We combine collaboration with our partners, design expertise, custom engineering, and quality manufacturing to produce harnesses for vehicles, industrial equipment and specialty products.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 Supplier, and Capabilities

As a Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive supplier, GSW delivers high-quality, flexible manufacturing solutions. Our process integrates APQP and in-house quality assurance for consistent, reliable results.

We work with customers at any stage from concept to delivery offering:

  • Build-to-print for faster lead times

  • Collaborative design for optimized performance

  • In-house design for full-service development

With precision, speed, and flexibility, we help customers succeed and provide complete project documentation.

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Control Plan (CP)
Measurement System Analysis (MSA)

Design

From the first conversation with a partner, our solutions orientation empowers us to bring our customer’s idea to reality. Our design process includes seven key elements:

Define

Explore

Innovate

Model

Build

Assess

Improve

We conduct thorough conversations to explore your application and need.

We leverage our expertise and knowledge to offer options for enhancements and a suite of solutions.

Together we determine the best solution and then use Catia and AutoCad Inventor to help you visualize our design enhancements and recommendation.

We manufacture a single piece to assess, modify if necessary, and prepare for mass production.

We can manufacture a quality product in a wide range of volumes.

We can review current products to identify opportunities for improvement.

We use VAVE (value added/ value engineered) to provide enhancements.

  • Define
  • Explore
  • Innovate
  • Model
  • Build
  • Assess
  • Improve

Our affiliation with G.S. ELECTECH in Japan, also provides us exclusive access to extend our resources for the design and development of new parts for OEMs and Tier 1 manufacturers.

Lab

We complete crimp analysis testing for every crimp to ensure the highest quality, longest lasting electrical connection. In house testing including USCAR, IPC validation and testing requirements to OEM validation. Our lab capabilities are enhanced by exclusive access to a Technical Center in Japan, qualified to conduct any testing required by OEM manufacturers, because of our affiliation with G.S. ELECTECH.

Our team provides customers with a variety of options to view their products prior to production. We have a designated area within the Findlay operations that enables us to manufacture prototypes, production samples and trial parts for customer review and evaluation. Our procurement team can source limited component quantities, our engineering team can produce a 3D rendering of the product and our operations associates can provide test harnesses as an interface cable between customer test devices and GSW harnesses.

We make nearly all of the tooling required to assemble and test our assemblies in-house. This expertise enables us to control the quality of the tooling and quickly manage necessary adjustments that avoids delays.

Materials Sourcing

Our procurement experts have a global sourcing network that spans Asia, Europe and the Americas. They are well-versed in sourcing difficult to find components and identifying the most suitable parts to meet the needs of our customers.

All the harnesses we manufacture are 100% tested for continuity and functionality. Our testing regimen, which includes Dynalab and Cirrus wire testers, ensures the quality of every assembly.

Innovation & Technology

At GSW we partner with our customers to design wire harnesses and optimize processes that meet their future needs. We leverage our in-house talents and expertise to ensure our designs are cutting edge. We utilize state-of-the-art materials and develop processes that provide robust quality and productivity. Jointly our specialized departments are applying leading technologies to develop process automation.

Data-driven Approach

With more than 30 years of amassed knowledge, our data-driven approach is a strategic differentiator from our competitors. We apply this approach to our decision making, strategic planning and consultative approach with our customers. The benefits include improved quality, increased performance, cost reduction, and supply chain optimization.
  • Ensure Quality
  • Optimize Resources
  • Increase Performance
  • Optimize Supply Chains
We can predict and identify potential quality concerns and root causes long before products leave our facilities.
Our business intelligence strategy allows our team members to gain insights more efficiently to add value and identify obstacles before they become unneeded costs.
With the use of cutting-edge technology, we consistently automate non-value-added activities throughout our organization.
We capably and proficiently identify profitable opportunities despite the complex data associated with an international supply chain.