Coming up to on-demand manufacturing

TL;DR: We’ve been making steady progress with manufacturing, and we’re about to switch into high gear. We expect to deliver every non-module pre-order by the end of March or the beginning of April. Afterwards, we’ll transition to on-demand manufacturing.

Hi there, and welcome to our monthly status update! Let’s get right to it!

Manufacturing progress

On February 27, we finally received the product boxes which were necessary to resume production, and we’ve shipped mini batches 55, 56, 57, and 58 since then.

Production has been mostly uninterrupted, except for a small shortage of foam parts that reside in the product boxes and protect your UHKs extremely well from any damage on the way. Luckily, we received plenty of foam parts today.

With the above issues out of the way, we expect to deliver every non-module pre-order by the end of March or the beginning of April, at which point we’ll transition to on-demand manufacturing.

On-demand manufacturing means that we’ll assemble orders as they come in. This translates to about a 0 to 5 working day delay from order to shipping depending on the actual demand.

Our current focus

Right now, our primary focus is to deliver every non-module pre-order, and streamline our operation. András is busy with the former, and I’m busy with the latter.

Improving our backend systems will allow us to devote the smallest amount of time possible to operational issues, and focus on R&D in general, and specifically the modules. So even though it’s not directly related to development, it will accelerate development, which is a prospect I’m really excited about.

Your feedback

Jez Cope, an awesome backer of ours has written a short review about his UHK, and so has Melinda Wyers on her blog. Thanks so much, Jez and Melinda!

The Twitterverse was eventful as usual featuring the following tweets:

We’ll be keeping you updated on all things UHK, and we’re looking forward to talking to you on 2019-04-18.

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7 Comments

  1. Anotnii 2019-03-15 at 17:56

    Can you update delivery status page?

    • László Monda 2019-03-15 at 19:16

      We update the delivery status page upon opening new mini batches which will happen on the upcoming week, probably multiple times.

      • Vitaliy 2019-03-24 at 15:14

        Maybe it's time for next update? Probably all of your customers are interesting about progress, especially that it's only one week to end of this month, and you mentioned "we expect to deliver every non-module pre-order by the end of March or the beginning of April".

        • László Monda 2019-03-24 at 17:32

          We don't plan to publish additional updates until our next monthly update. Please keep checking the "Delivery progress" section of the Delivery status page.

          • Vitaliy 2019-03-25 at 07:11

            This is exactly what I was thinking about - updating the site with deivery status.

  2. Evghenii 2019-03-18 at 08:49

    It's very frustrating to see the delivery estimation to move further and further... When I ordered UHK back in January it shows me "If you pre-order now, this item is expected to deliver in January". It supposed to be a birthday gift. Now ETA is April... Very disappointed.

    • László Monda 2019-03-18 at 09:29

      I'm sorry about the long wait, but we'll catch up this time, and the wait will be over very soon. We're doing our best. Thank you very much for your patience!

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