Quality without compromises

«In this sector, we're one of the few companies in the world who design and produce their own technology. Our policy is to manage the entire manufacturing process of products sold under the Generalmusic name. If this is the way we choose to work, it's obvious that concepts like 'total quality' and 'flexibility' become routine but essential matters for us.»

Life cycles Keeping a catalogue of 200 products that are created, updated and phased out at an average speed of every two years means working all the time without making mistakes. Above all if the products in question feature a very special configuration that makes them substantially different from anything else on the market.

This brief turnover rate of life cycles is a result of the rapidly evolving technology at the heart of our products. Technology that Generalmusic has developed itself, with its own research programmers, aimed at achieving a level of no-compromise quality made possible by direct control over our entire production process.

The just-in-time target The complete control of production has led to remarkable results. On one hand, Generalmusic has avoided the overall leveling-out of quality and product identity implicit in the use of prefabricated technology. On the other, we have created the basic premises for a new concept of design that regards the total definition of a product from start to finish.
A variety of important functions and specializations both inside and outside the company play a vital role. Our microchips, for instance, are made in California to Generalmusic specifications by 'VSLI Technology Inc.', one of the most advanced producers of electronic micro technology at a worldwide level. The same policy is followed for other digital and analog components, manufactured by leading companies that guarantee the same high standards of quality that are a part of the Generalmusic philosophy. Naturally, these companies are far more than contract suppliers - they are co-workers that integrate their skill and know-how into the Generalmusic matrix. Every sector, collaboration, role and job within the company or directly controlled by it is guided by the principles of a high production profile. These principles necessarily lead us to a more fluid, flexible and dynamic way of working, where every individual adds the quality of a single task to the global quality of every product.

Numerical Control Work Centre One of the latest arrivals in the machine shop of the Generalmusic plant is the MCX-600/18 Numerical Control Work Centre. This remarkable new machine has been assigned to the drilling and thread-cutting operations involved in the manufacture of the heat sinks used in Generalmusic products. The MCX-600/18 is exceptionally capable of providing successful solutions for the technological evolution that this type of product is undergoing, which calls for increasingly higher levels of heat dispersion combined with drastic reductions in size and weight. Computerized numerical control allows the new machine to reach particularly high standards of accuracy and quality, and minimizes the risk of human error.
One of the factors taken into consideration when Generalmusic decided on the purchase of the MCX-600/18 was its great flexibility. This is essential for a manufacturing system that works with a wide range of different products, and our job specifications often have to change very frequently. But with the MCX- 600/18, we can now switch to a different work configuration in five minutes or even less.