Countries in low cost regions such as Asia and Eastern Europe may well be better positioned for many high volume manufacturing product needs. Furthermore, in many instances, these geographies may be ideal for offering a stronger ROI when executives are engaged in high-volume production.
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Liability & Indemnity
Direct cost, total cost of ownership, and reducing risk in low cost locations
Contract electronics direct costs, profits and OEM pricing
While there are some common outsourcing manufacturing contract formats, no two contracts are identical and, there is no viable, common platform that can be applied to every outsourcing contract pricing model with regards to either party’s profits.
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Contract electronics manufacturing service agreement for OEM hardware
This service level agreement contract can provide baseline guidance when outsourcing manufacturing electronics services.
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Five things contract manufacturers say they can improve on
Our survey asked electronics contract manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and prototype houses to rank, in order of importance, their top 5 improvement opportunities. Read what they selected.
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10 Reasons contract electronics programs fail
10 things you should be aware of that can ruin your contract manufacturing relationship and prevent your company from achieving some of its business objectives
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Outsource manufacturing contracts and cost reductions
Cost reductions likely be split between the contract manufacturer and the OEM: with 25% of the cost reductions, or savings, retained by the …
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Managing contract delivery schedules, changes and liability in the supply chain
Typically, what many OEMs are presented with from their contract manufacturing partners, with regards to supply chain contract scheduling and schedule changes, allows for schedule changes to occur but there is a limit to the degree of change in manufactured product volumes delivered.
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Electronics services ROIC, contract negotiations and pricing models
An important aspect of the ROIC pricing model to be aware of is that in uncertain business segment environments, most OEMs will not want to help expedite accounts receivable for the EMS provider / contract manufacturer.
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Medical electronics product design contract agreement
The following is what a typical medical product design outsourcing contract agreement being presented by a contract manufacturer offering medical product design and manufacturing services.
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Electronics services liability, indemnity in your contract
Margins in the electronics contract manufacturing industry are slim and contract manufacturers should do what is necessary to protect their profits while treating customers fairly.
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