Contract manufacturing—one Team. Full ownership. repeat.
Build to your drawings, your specs, and your production requirements—with Morrison accountable for quality, timing, and follow-through.
Contract manufacturing at Morrison means more than running parts to a print. It means Morrison takes ownership of the production program—from engineering review through ongoing production, quality verification, and delivery—with the same team managing the program at run 1 and run 100.
Capabilities
Integrated under one roof
The capabilities below aren't descriptions of what we can subcontract. They're what we do in-house, in Tennessee, with the team that answers when you call.
Design & Engineering
CAD, 3D modeling, and DFM support from the engineers who'll build the part—not a design firm passing prints to a shop they've never visited.
Fabrication & Welding
Press brake forming, structural fab, and assembly work built for repeatability across complex programs.
Program Support
One team from quote to dock. When requirements change—and they do—the people managing your program are the same ones building it.
Cmm Inspections
CMM isn't for every job. It's for the ones where a thousandth matters. When that's the spec, we measure it, document it, and stand behind the numbers.Laser Cutting
Precision cutting for sheet, plate, and structural components at any volume—fast, clean, and consistent.Powder Coating
In-house finishing with custom color matching, high-heat options, and rubber coating—protects the part and protects the schedule.CNC Machining
Precision milling and turning for components that require tighter tolerances and secondary operations handled without leaving the facility.Quality & Delivery
Packing, loading, and freight coordination managed from Morrison—so dock dates are commitments, not estimates.Why manufacturers need a contract manufacturing partner they can trust
Outsourcing production should free up your capacity—not create more problems to manage. But when your contract manufacturer subcontracts half the work, ships late, and delivers parts that need rework before your team can use them, you've traded one bottleneck for another.
Morrison's contract manufacturing services run through one facility. Laser cutting, forming, welding, CNC machining, powder coating, assembly—all under one roof. No subcontractor handoffs. No overseas delays. When you send your drawings, the team that reviews them is the same team that cuts, welds, finishes, and ships the product. That's how quality stays consistent and timelines stay on track.
Advantages
What Morrison's contract manufacturing covers
Your product built to your specs, on your timeline, from one facility you can actually visit.
One facility—every process under one roof
Laser cutting, forming, welding, CNC machining, powder coating, assembly, and shipping all happen at Morrison's Tennessee facility. No outsourcing critical processes to shops you've never vetted. No lead time gaps between vendors. One production schedule, one quality standard, one team accountable for the finished product.Your specs and your tolerances
The first run matches your specs. The fifth run matches your specs. The fiftieth run matches your specs. Production controls hold tolerances across every unit and every production cycle—because when parts arrive at your facility and don't pass inspection, the cost of rework falls on your team, not the shop that shipped them.Direct access to the team building your product
When you have a question mid-production, you call Morrison and talk to the people running your job—not a project manager forwarding emails to a subcontractor. Engineering, fabrication, and quality are all in the same building. Answers come fast because the people with the answers are standing next to the equipment.Prototype through production volume
Whether you need a first-article run of 10 units or a production program of 10,000+, Morrison scales without changing vendors. The prototype team is the production team. No re-quoting with a different shop when your volumes increase.Process
Contract manufacturing process
Morrison runs a defined process on every contract manufacturing program.
1
Drawing review and DFM feedback
Morrison's engineering team reviews your drawings and specs before a quote goes out. If something affects cost, lead time, or production efficiency, you hear about it upfront2
Quoting and production planning
A detailed quote with timeline, material specs, process plan, and per-unit cost. No ranges. No vague estimates. You know exactly what it costs and how it gets built before you approve the PO.3
Prototype or first article
First article units built and inspected to your specs before full production begins. Dimensional verification, weld quality, and fit checks happen here4
Production
Full production runs with consistent quality controls across every unit. Same equipment, same operators, same inspection criteria from the first piece to the last5
Delivery and ongoing support
Finished product ships on your schedule. Reorders, engineering changes, and volume increases are handled by the same team that ran the first programReady to move your program in-house?
Morrison handles the full contract manufacturing program—engineering, fabrication, welding, coating, assembly, and delivery