The latest news from Flatfield Multiprint

1. Chosen by Professionals October 31, 2018
Flatfield win SAP Award!
Flatfield have been awarded a prestigious bronze award for
the development of its “customer portal” which gives its
customers 24/7 online access to key customer and business
information. The portal development which was spearheaded
by Jeroen Verbeek, SAP specialist at Flatfield & Jeroen Van Eck,
the Flatfield process specialist, impressed the SAP team at
their annual SAP quality evening, culminating in Flatfield
being recognised for the simple and agile business solution,
that the Flatfield had put together as part of its customer
centric business process.
The Flatfield team used MxBlue for the development of the
customer portal. This integrator develops SAP applications on
the basis of low-code development platform Mendix.
Jeroen Verbeek, SAP Specialist at Flatfield: "We were looking
for a platform rather than a specific solution. When MxBlue
showed us the possibilities of Mendix to real-time link to SAP
Business One, we were impressed, and it was this close
integration that allowed us to forge the new customer portal,
culminating us in being recognised by SAP
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2 Questions for Arjan
Arjan Sinoo, Commercial
Manager, swapped heavy
industry with Tata, for a more
fine pitched career with
Flatfield
What is your Role?
As Commercial Manager my
role is to manage the
internal sales teams,
providing commercial sound
& well considered proposals
& quotations for our
customers, as well as
working with the external
sales team to ensure that
our overall service remains
as responsive, innovative
and resilient as it possibly
can be
Why Flatfield?
I had worked for more than
a decade in highly orthodox
industries in a range of
account management &
operational roles, and I was
looking for a challenge
enabling me to develop and
a more entrepreneurial
mindset. Flatfield offered me
that challenge and allowed
me to develop new skills
whilst playing a direct role in
the development of the
business.
ON TRACKThe Flatfield Multiprint News | November 2018

2. Chosen by Professionals October 31, 2018
Its almost that time of year!
It seems almost incomprehensible as we write that 2018 is
quickly drawing to a close. The year of the dog has been a
typically exciting and fast paced one for Flatfield, throwing up
new opportunities, presenting new areas for growth, as we
welcomed Flatfield Multiprint UK Limited into the Flatfield
family, and culminated with Flatfield being nominated for,
and being awarded a prestigious IT development award by
Global brand & IT partner SAP.
The unpredictability of our industry has been exemplified by
some of the unprecedented challenges thrown up by the
component allocation issues that have been prevalent
throughout 2018, and the need for businesses such as
Flatfield to continue to be fleet of foot and to be as innovative
and entrepreneurial as possible.
What hasn’t changed is that we are again entering the peak
manufacturing and logistics season as we head towards
Christmas and then on into 2019 towards the year of the pig.
PCB lead times will invariably start to increase as we head
further towards the end of 2018, and producer and logistics
prices may rise as capacity both in PCB manufacturing and
global airfreight become tight.
The good news is that Flatfield have been working hard with
its airfreight and sea freight providers and have pre booked
capacity on key air and sea routes, allowing us to mitigate the
challenges of rising logistics costs during these periods. As a
consequence we are able to offset some of the price increases
and offer customers the effective & optimised prices that
Flatfield has become known for.
To see how Flatfield can reduce the cost of your PCB supply as
we head toward the end of 2018, why not contact us!
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Season of Goodwill!
Whilst it maybe the season of
goodwill, mince pies, and we
hope just the right amount of
festive snow, the PCB elves at
Flatfield never rest.
We have continued to listen to
our customers and are pleased
to announce that Flatfield will
be open across the festive
break providing innovative PCB
solutions to our customers
across mainland Europe and
the UK.
Culture: A trip to
Budapest
The Flatfield team enjoyed a
cultural retreat to the UNESCO
certified wonders of Budapest
during early October. This
company wide excursion,
taking in the beautiful sights of
the Danube, was a nice
bookend to what has been a
continued to be a successful
year for Flatfield, and provided
a welcome break for the whole
of the team!

3. Chosen by Professionals October 31, 2018
On Topic: PCB Optimisation
Did you know?
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The PCB Commodity Snapshot!
Gold:used in surface finishes.
Copper: used in copper clad
laminate manufacture
For a more in depth view of the PCB
market, the key trends, and the cost
drivers that may impact on your
supply chain, why not ask Flatfield
for a free copy of our monthly PCB
report “the impact”
Providing an insightful look into the
world of PCB manufacturing, and
touching on the key topics of the
day, “the impact” is the PCB
snapshot that you can trust.
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$ Gold per oz
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At Flatfield the only thing we enjoy more than
engineering a well designed PCB, is the opportunity
to take cost of a customers PCB design!
As part of our standard quote management process
our dedicated spooler system allows us to
automatically interrogate customers data, scanning
for any opportunity to provide value add cost
reductions, from panel optimisation down to more
complex design reviews.
Justin Olejnik, Managing Director of Flatfield
Multiprint UK limited commented “ At Flatfield we
have spent a lot of time in creating the automation
and systems that allow us to drill further into our
customers data right at the quote stage. This below
the surface look at what actually builds up the cost
of our customers products allows us to not only
quote quickly & efficiently, but also allows us to
make simultaneous cost down proposals, giving the
customer a greater degree of opportunity to
optimise their total cost of acquisition”
Why not contact us at Flatfield to allow us to
demonstrate how we tackle the cost of your PCB’s
head on.
That Flatfield Multiprint has a team of over 15
dedicated quality & supply chain professionals in
Shenzhen & Hong Kong, employed solely in the pursuit
of developing our PCB supply chain, optimising the
PCB inspection & release protocols that we utilise and
undergoing a continual process of benchmarking, and
auditing to ensure that Flatfield has one of the most
robust and cost effective PCB manufacturing solutions
in the market
place.