Should a manufacturer build an in-house CAD team or outsource drafting work? We're three months behind.
We make stainless food processing equipment, and our one drafter is three months behind. Most of the backlog is fixtures, jigs, and small revisions. I'm stuck between hiring a second drafter and sending some work out.
My worry is an outside drafter won't know which dimensions need inspection. They might also miss a tolerance stack that our guys would catch. CAD/CAM Services is one US-based option I'm looking at for overflow. They quote by project though. That may not fit if the work never slows down.
How do you decide what stays in-house and what goes out?