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I don't think you can "glue together" anything without being a skilled practitioner in that domain. Otherwise how do you know what's what, or how to fix the ine

I don't think you can "glue together" anything without being a skilled practitioner in that domain. Otherwise how do you know what's what, or how to fix the inevitable problems? And once you're hiring skilled practitioners, the space you've envisioned for a glue company has been squeezed out. We bill by the hour, and we'll do small jobs. Would you rather hire us to make your PCB or someone who's never soldered? And as for us hiring that sort of person, they're already employed at the contract manufacturers (and unavoidable, the CMs don't really like to work without it). No reason to duplicate that layer. Understanding the role of CMs is critical to understanding modern volume manufacturing.

Gibbon1 3y ago
My company had products with custom plastics. For us it's just non reoccurring engineering (NRE). What's to like about outsourcing it. It's parallelizable so you can work on your core competency while they work. Core competency, this is your angle that allows you to make money. How to lose money, working on stuff outside that. They get it done faster and without fuckups. And the outputs are something you can just give to a manufacturer. If there is an issue the two of them hash it out not you. Only thing not to like is the wad of cash you need to cough up. But really if you don't have that you're hosed anyways. And paying to get revenue coming in a couple of months sooner is so worth it.