Manufacturers continue to drive efficiencies and, lower labor and production costs, through outsourcing and automation. Read how consumer stimulus payments throw a wrench into manufacturing scheduling and demand planning.
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Manufacturing inventory and demand vs labor planning
EMS Manufacturer value propositions, competitive dynamics and industry trends to know about
How have profit margin trends developed in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry today vs 10 years ago and who are the more competitive EMS firms when comparing similar EMS providers by size, footprint, end markets served?
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Manufacturing playbook: The standard in EMS manufacturing sourcing costs and price discovery
Electronics OEM companies identify internal EMS manufacturing costs and target cost reductions and savings for their EMS manufacturing programs using our cost modelers. Every cost modeler user has emphasized how thorough and comprehensive our cost modelers are in helping OEM …
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Product cost control and cost reductions in electronic OEM contract EMS manufacturing supply chains
Know what’s important in EMS manufacturing request-for-quote (RFQ) pricing and, how to determine actual, internal EMS factory costs.
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Management by objectives (MBO): Dual-sourcing EMS services vs primary EMS manufacturer with many factory locations
What works for Amazon AWS might be different compared to what works for Dell, HP and others when it comes to trade offs for supply vs pricing of EMS finished goods.
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Manufacturer financial restatement risk in highly networked EMS manufacturing supply chains
Manufacturers have more financial report restatements than other industry. Reasons include inventory quantities and valuations, reserves, revenue recognition…tied to difficulty monitoring global, manufacturing models.
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How product change notices impact profit margin in contract EMS manufacturing programs
Manufacturing analysis and making informed assumptions requires access to rich, market and industry segment information. What you can do and why it matters.
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Five steps to avoid getting fired over product change notifications (PCN)
In EMS manufacturing, OEM customer product change notices can contradict previous PCNs given to EMS partners, adding program costs and impacting supply chain cash conversion. Predictive PCN services can help OEMs avoid this.
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How electronic OEM equipment firms use tight manufacturing systems when sourcing EMS services
Electronic OEM managers remove feelings and subjectivity from EMS manufacturing sourcing decisions.
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Top questions OEM equipment manufacturers should ask EMS manufacturing partners about KPI performance metrics
Below are key questions electronics OEM equipment manufacturers should ask their EMS manufacturing partners to establish KPI performance metrics for OEM outsourcing programs: What key metrics (operating indicators) does EMS use to hold EMS program management accountable? What is …
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