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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Materials Management
Managing contract delivery schedules, changes and liability in the supply chain
Industry Pulse: Flextronics, Celestica, Nam Tai Electronics, Plexus, Benchmark
Read about Flextronics' deal with Hewlett-Packard involving cell phone imaging and the Company's reduction in work force with a facility in France. Celestica updates guidance believed to be partly related to poor performance of Mexico operations, Nam Tai Electronics announces a new CEO, and more…
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Checklist: Evaluating electronics product design for manufacturing (DfM) services
Product design for manufacturing considerations can culminate into an exhausting list of items. Taking measures to consider as many design requirement aspects as early as possible during development can help companies save time and money when contract manufacturers are involved.
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OEM cost reductions in vertically integrated electronics services providers
This article breaks down the outsourcing cost and savings analysis for an OEM outsourcing program while also presenting the contract manufacturer’s cost of performing supply chain management services for the OEM customer’s business.
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OEM audit of contract electronic services and EMS financial due diligence
Are EMS provider sales falling or is production rising too fast? OEMs should ask these direct questions and look at EMS financial metrics in a particular way.
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Thinking of re-shoring manufacturing electronics? Read this
Whether in the US, India, China, Mexico or other geographies, companies that outsource non-essential activities achieve a greater ROIC because of fewer fixed costs. One reason is they don’t carry as many fixed costs. But, there’s more.
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EMS Manufacturing global pricing drivers and OEM fees
Understand ways EMS providers determine costs for pricing quotes to OEMs for better contract negotiations outcomes and driving OEM program cost reductions.
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Program management responsibilities and activities
Program management responsibilities within a contract manufacturer can be divided into internal efforts and external efforts and in most instances, all OEM outsourcing program information flow from the customer destined for the contract manufacturer should pass through contract manufacturing program management.
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Selecting contract electronics services providers
It is important to understand the general financials for managing an outsourcing division or organization. Doing so will help prevent OEMs from purchasing sophisticated supply-chain services only to find later their outsourcing partner is financially unstable and they have bought the troubles that come with migrating programs from a failing provider to a more stable one.
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Manufacturing quality problems and alerts
Based on the severity of the manufacturing issue in the contract manufacturing facility, alerts can have varying stages, or levels, of importance such as stage one, stage two, or stage three
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