Finding the right cable, including support through entire projectMore than just suppliers: the importance of strategic partners
In your subsea project, you’ll need a lot of different components. Inevitably, this means you’ll work with various suppliers. For a truly successful project, a mere supplier won’t be enough. A supplier is someone who simply delivers the product to your door. For success, going the extra mile is crucial.
Especially in a project with so many components, it is important that a supplier thinks along about how the components work together. That’s why Early Supplier Involvement and co-creation with strategic partners can make the difference!
By knowing who your suppliers for each component will be as early as possible, you allow suppliers to become more than just a supplier. A strategic partner thinks about the final solution together with you. The result is co-creation: together you create the component that ensures that your system operates optimally.
Another advantage of working together with strategic partners is that they often have other facilities at their disposal than you do. Joining forces might take your components, like a sonar cable, to the next level.
For example, testing and validating are crucial in the defense market. You must validate that certain requirements have been met. You might not have the right facilities to test and analyze every aspect. That’s when cooperation with the right partners can add immense value.
In the case of a sonar cable, there are a couple of important tests you must execute to validate your end product thoroughly.