Made-to-Order Products With Micro Manufacturing
Traditional manufacturing = 100,000’s units. (orders in batches of hundreds of thousands)
Micro-Manufacturing = 1-100’s units. (orders in batches of 1 to 999)
- Products are printed in-house in Ontario.
- Made after ordering to reduce waste.
- Niche products become economically viable.
- Customers get access to products that big companies would never make.
- Each item is quality inspected before shipping.
- Production times vary by size and complexity.
- Custom colors may add additional time. (add in order notes)
- Custom materials may add additional time. (add in order notes)
How It Works
Order → Manufacture → Inspect → Ship
Most items sold by LittleBitz are “Micro-Manufactured” in-house using a combination of 3D printing, electronics assembly, and traditional fabrication techniques and are produced after your order is placed. Once production is complete, your order will be shipped and tracking information will be provided.
Estimated* Micro-Manufacturing times:
| Category | Production Time |
|---|---|
| Simple Print | 1-2 business days |
| Standard Print | 2-4 business days |
| Complex Print | 5-7 business days |
| Small Print | 1-2 business days |
| Medium Print | 2-4 business days |
| Large Print | 5-7 business days |
These separate Categories sometimes can STACK with each other (it will always be listed directly on each product page):
- Small Simple item: 1-2 business days**
- Small Standard item: 3-6 business days
- Small Complex item: 6-9 business days
- Medium Simple item: 3-6 business days
- Medium Standard item: 4-8 business days
- Medium Complex item: 7-11 business days
- Large Simple item: 6-9 business days
- Large Standard item: 7-11 business days
- Large Complex item: 10-14 business days
*Most orders are completed sooner than the stated estimate; however, lead times account for factors that can occasionally occur during production, including print failures, machine maintenance, quality-control rework, material availability, supplier shipping delays, and other unforeseen manufacturing challenges.
**Production Time does NOT stack because Print size and complexity allows for it