How manufacturers can lower product pricing, remain competitive, while expanding margins.
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Cost Reductions, Finance
US Producer Price Index (PPI) shows manufacturers facing higher total landed costs
Resources vs. strategic doctrine: Career development and manufacturer supply chain workforce education, training when sourcing contract electronic services
How live, interactive e-learning lab saves OEM decision makers 5% to 15% annual spend for contract electronics services.
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Industrial electronics new product cost strategy and NPI launch management
EMS providers are tasked with reviewing and updating customer NPI program documents frequently as changes occur. Anticipate what is next and stay two steps ahead of your contract manufacturing partner.
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How well is your EMS manufacturing partner managing your account?
OEMs can force EMS manufacturing partners to identify the EMS provider’s materials risk exposure by asking EMS firms to report this metric.
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Why monetary expansion increases cost of capital for manufacturers
Allocated budgets are losing purchasing power at rate equal to monetary expansion. Read how manufacturers optimize supply chain spend and get to ROI faster.
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Manufacturing inventory and demand vs labor planning
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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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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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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Component event risks in electronic manufacturing supply chains
Read how being able to properly route actionable, accurate product BOM and component info for timeliness and decision-making allows supply chain professionals to make more informed decisions.
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