Nexkey
About the team
Industry: Physical Security & Commercial Cloud-based Access Control
Product: Nexkey Solo – The world’s first smart wireless door strike for businesses
Location: San Mateo, CA
Why Fictiv
Customer challenges: Fictiv’s ability to execute rapid, high-quality, de-risked new product introduction for sets of 15 unique CNC-machined parts
Capabilities Leveraged: High precision CNC machining, post processing on critical cosmetic requirements, access to Fictiv technical program manager (TPM)
Result: Unprecedented build-to-order time and cost efficiencies, even at low-volume/high-precision production, with the flexibility to scale at will
An Innovative New Access Control System for Businesses
As a manufacturer of commercial-grade keyless smart access control systems for business, Nexkey’s mission and vision is deceptively simple: to rid the world of its need for keys. A paradigm shift of this magnitude requires a complete reboot in thinking around how we access and protect indoor and outdoor spaces. In other words, Nexkey wants to make all doors smart. No small task.
With such an ambitious charge in mind — disrupting the access management model without creating a disruptive environment — the Nexkey team set out to create a bold new solution. This innovation would replace all keys, keycards, and fobs with the first wireless smart door strike enabled with precision hardware, paired with a simple smart-device-driven app.
By completely reimagining and reengineering physical entry access hardware, and then building a robust software and firmware platform to operate these next-generation locking mechanisms, Nexkey today helps small to midsize businesses not only streamline access management workflow, but increase productivity and boost efficiency throughout the modern, smart workplace.
Nexkey engaged with Fictiv from the start, commencing at the earliest prototyping stages and collaborating straight through to ensure accelerated NPI of its new and innovative Solo product. And for Eric Trabold, CEO of Nexkey, quality is always the first priority. “For me,” says Trabold, “the key deciding factor when picking a partner is, get me the best quality in a product.”
