ERP systems are good for planning and accounting, but areas where ERP can fall short include electronics production program scheduling, work-in-progress (WIP) monitoring, and assisting with manufacturing program execution.
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Executive Management
Timing implementation of PLM and ERP crucial in contract electronics manufacturing
Electronics OEM box build transfers and EMS readiness plans
To help electronics OEMs better see the readiness process of transferring an OEM product program into an EMS provider, from the provider’s viewpoint, below is a typical list of items your EMS provider will use to manage his readiness for accepting transfer of your OEM program into his facility.
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12 Keys to understanding EMS quotes for printed circuit board box build assembly
Electronics OEMs can expect to see the following pricing breakouts when outsourcing printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) to an electronics contract manufacturing provider. For more detailed information on how internal provider pricing for these line items is determined visit the additional links at the bottom of this article.
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Top 5 ERP challenges for EMS manufacturing providers
Contract electronics providers are at a disadvantage to generate purchase-price-variance (PPV) when competing for your business in a cost-sensitive industry and OEMs are paying for it.
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Software license, product supply, support agreement for mobile chipset
Software licensing and product supply and support agreement between North American telecommunications company focused in the mobile and smartphone market and a China-based chipset provider for multi-media, digital cordless and VoIP industry applications.
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Sub-contract electronics services design agreement for OEMs
This sub-contract electronics design services agreement can help broaden understanding when your electronics design services are further sub-contracted.
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Q&A with Peter Marsh: Manufacturing Opportunity in the New Industrial Revolution
The critics of China are right. China has to show that in manufacturing as well as in other fields, businesses can innovate in design and technology. They need to be able to create products where they own the intellectual property and which can be branded as indisputably belonging to them. Moreover the products …
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Q&A from Webinar: Cost Reduction Strategy in Semiconductor Operations
Webinar speaker Maximilian Staudinger takes time to answer additional attendee questions submitted at time of Webinar registration, or during the event, which the speaker did not have time to respond to during the event due to event time constraints.
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How connected computing will impact our lives
Whether it’s the latest wearable computing for the military yet to be deployed, or being able to program your wife’s driverless car for Disneyland using your smartwatch while she’s corralling your gaggle of kids throughout the house, more than 60% of IT firms surveyed said they plan …
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EMS provider OEM program transfers can be a bumpy road
Contrary to popular EMS industry belief, nearly every EMS provider today does not purchase components and materials in bulk, across multiple customer programs, in an effort to achieve lower MCOGs for your OEM customer program. The deeper you go into …
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