“What I find misleading is the word ‘commodity’ it means common materials which are low-cost and highly available.”
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BOM Management
Electronic OEM commodity management, and contradictions
5 Ways electronics OEMs and EMS providers purchase from semiconductor component vendors
The following 5 scenarios detail how electronics OEM companies and contract EMS providers award purchase orders to semiconductor vendors.
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6 Steps how semi components get on OEM approved vendor list (AVL)
Six critical steps how a semiconductor vendor gets their chipset onto an electronics OEM hardware product approved vendor list (AVL).
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Pilot build checklist for electronics system integration box build programs
Pilot build checklist covers materials, business interests, production, test, training, capacity planning and more. OEMs can help make sure EMS providers have everything in order using this checklist.
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OEMs take control of contract electronics request-for-quote (RFQ), request-for-information (RFI) process guidance
Request-for-information (RFI), request-for-quotation (RFQ) guidance for contract electronics sourcing programs
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RFQ template cover for EMS manufacturing OEM quotes
Contract electronics manufacturing quote collection form for OEM outsourcing programs.
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Lights-out EMS manufacturing electronics PCB assembly factories
Lights out EMS manufacturing technology exists today but habitual EMS management thinking keeping EMS industry from moving outside its comfort zone at expense of OEM customers.
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Vanity metrics and inventory turns in EMS manufacturing
It is possible for EMS providers to inform every OEM customer what OEM inventory turns are for any given OEM program on a program-by-program basis, at any point in time.
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Electronics distributors lose control as pressure to innovate increases
Electronics distribution model is proving harder to manage as control of supply chain slips, shifting to non-OEM components manfuacturers.
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EMS manufacturing materials purchasing in the extended supply chain
Some strategies include grouping part numbers by commodity or supplier, managing line items based on pricing or parts that make up the biggest value of your bill and materials (BOM), to name a few.
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