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Restoring 1,000 Vehicles in 3 Weeks Through Rapid Engineering Response

Recreational Vehicles Success Story

Background

A Safety Failure in Vehicles Already in the Field

A global golf cart manufacturer identified a critical braking system failure in vehicles already in service, forcing carts at customer locations into an unsafe operating status and out of use. After the incumbent harness supplier could not respond quickly enough, the customer issued an urgent resolution request to multiple suppliers.

ECI’s engineering team worked directly with the customer to rapidly define the rework requirements and develop a solution. While a typical program takes 8–12 weeks from quote to launch, ECI delivered parts in just 3 weeks, enabling the customer to begin returning affected vehicles to service.

Our Approach

A Cross-Functional Rapid-Response Mobilization

ECI assembled a full-company response and worked side by side with the customer to compress the timeline:

  • Mobilized a cross-functional rapid-response team spanning engineering, quality, purchasing, NPI, manufacturing, customer service, quoting, and sales.
  • Connected directly with the customer’s cross-functional teams to accelerate design decisions, approvals, and production changes.
  • Adapted internal workflows and approval paths in Mexico to support the compressed timeline.
  • Moved quickly from design and quoting through production and delivery.

Breakthrough Impact

1,000 Vehicles Back in Service in 3 Weeks

ECI’s compressed timeline returned vehicles to service and won new business:

1,000 Vehicles

Reworked in the field, minimizing disruption for end customers

3 Weeks

From quote to part delivery vs. a typical 8–12 weeks

Under 30 Days

From prototype to production

100% On-time Launch

Meeting the customer’s speed-to-market requirements

New Awards

Won new project launches, strengthening ECI’s position as a strategic wire harness supplier

Why ECI Won

Speed, Direct Collaboration, and Local Decision Authority

ECI resolved a field failure at a pace the incumbent supplier could not match:

  • Recovery extending beyond future production to vehicles already in service

  • Direct engineering collaboration with the customer from failure analysis through solution development

  • Program timelines compressed to a fraction of the industry norm

  • Faster approvals and issue resolution through local decision-making authority

  • Integrated Mexico operations enabling rapid, reliable launch of complex wire-harness solutions

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