“My electronics manufacturing solutions provider just sold me a bill of goods, conveying their manufacturing supply chain capabilities and framing the narrative with “superior supply chain predictability, agility, and visibility”. This is how EMS provider Sanmina positions their manufacturing execution …
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BOM Management
How to compare Flex, Jabil, Sanmina, Celestica manufacturing supply chain capabilities
EMS Manufacturer Supply Chain Competitive Readiness Questionnaire – Document
Some areas this questionnaire can help manufacturers reduce costly IDL errors and better manage IDL productivity and supply chain execution include BOM management, purchasing and planning, materials and inventory management, scheduling and work orders, sales and operations planning (S&OP), manufacturing execution systems (MES), risks in third-party IP ownership against supply chain technology stacks, and manufacturing artificial intelligence, to name a few.
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Electronic OEM commodity management, and contradictions
“What I find misleading is the word ‘commodity’ it means common materials which are low-cost and highly available.”
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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 gain control over contract electronics RFQ and RFI processes: Essential 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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