Everyone has experience ‘Supply Chain’ issues in the recent past, whether one is shopping for groceries, building a house or getting a new or existing product ‘out the door’. Venable Instruments is no different, as we innovate through procurement challenges. When delivery of enclosures for our instruments became a problem, Venable had to ‘think outside the box’ (pun intended).

In the past, Venable had relied on an off shore vendor for instrument enclosures, which had become problematic with uncertain delivery time tables, increased shipping costs and price increases. The tipping point being reached, our Engineers got to work on a new enclosure design that could be manufactured and delivered without hiccups. The newly designed enclosure lends itself to being ‘friendly-shored’ and portable (not locked in to a single vendor with tooling). The result is a great new enclosure design that is Made in the USA.

The new enclosure will comply with the previous design with respect to fit and function. The electronics have not changed, so software and firmware are not impacted. Venable’s trade mark upgradeability is maintained, since we still utilize the original modular architecture. Mechanically, all the connector locations are the same, so one can swap out an instrument of the old design with the new one with no impact (the new enclosure is rack mountable, just like the old one).

We at Venable consider the new enclosure a ‘Supply Chain Challenge’ success story, as we have been able to keep a step ahead of major delivery issues with another innovative design solution. Whether it is a cutting-edge instrument circuit design, software development challenge or a supply chain obstacle, Venable will continue to bring its best to bear in providing our customers with leading edge products.