Seeking to avoid tariffs, China alternatives narrow as manufacturers consider product shipping costs against inventory point of consumption.
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
Freight transport: China keeps top spot for global supply chain manufacturing scalability
Fast product launch new medical devices: 510(K) and FDA cleared v FDA approved
To help innovation, medical device firms bringing new product to market are not required to go through a strenuous testing process if their new device is substantially similar to one that has come before. But abuse has entered the system.
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Rethinking OEM customer satisfaction surveys for electronics manufacturing services (EMS)
EMS manufacturing customer satisfaction surveys are short-sighted and lack EMS provider accountability. EMS providers are insulated from being responsible. Here’s why.
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Electronic product design automation software drives hardware product launch and EDA jobs
EDA tools becoming more important and sophisticated as electronics OEM and EMS manufacturing providers competed to bring product to market.
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Vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) consolidation targets the self-driving autonomous car
Today, one-third of the cost for a car is from electronics. This is expected to become 40% soon. We share how this takes place with details on car technology and features.
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4G v 5G wireless printed circuit board (PCB) challenges and opportunities
Read how 5G network architecture brings challenges and opportunities for PCB vendors, contract electronics EMS providers, and telecoms.
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5G Manufacturing smart factories target supply chain uncertainties
Ways manufacturing supply chains with smart factories will benefit from connected devices in the IoT age.
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Blockchain use cases for the manufacturing enterprise
Blockchain detail for both discrete and process manufacturing. Includes spend projections and use cases, for verifying origin and authenticity of a product, asset management, trade finance and more.
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5G Content drives OLED and flexible display panels in smartphones, communications, gaming, Industry 4.0
Investment, market share to grow in small- and mid-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) flexible panels and large-size white OLED (WOLED)
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Industry 4.0 blockchain obstacles and adoption in manufacturing supply chains
Benefits and risks of blockchain as manufacturers seek better supply chain management, smart contractual platforms, digital currencies and tighter cyber security for greater cost management.
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