Faster, more accurate RFQ quote turnaround with fewer EMS staff, while reducing OEM new program launch to just 4 days v. 14-21 days previously. Click to read more findings.
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
Artificial intelligence exceeding EMS manufacturing industry expectations
Tariff impact across technology sector raises telecom, networking hardware pricing
Chart details percentage pricing increases for hardware, highlighting changes based on tariffs, per OEM company, and product.
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EMS manufacturing metric: Materials work-in-progress (WIP) percent raw materials
Inventory turns are easily, and often, manipulated. Metric focuses EMS provider material purchasing cost and helps manage direct labor, costly EMS indirect labor workflow.
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Hourly manufacturing labor wages across Asia compared to rates in developed economies
Some shifts are taking place in manufacturers relocating operations and supply chains to less expensive countries even thought its costly and risky when moving production. Electronics OEMs and contract EMS manufacturing PCB assembly providers are impacted by tariffs, the rising …
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Demand underpins electric vehicle battery capacity and EV passenger vehicle projections
Rising demand not expected to let up anytime soon. Projections broken down by vehicle type and global demand and geography.
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Future manufacturing-as-a-service PCB assembly driven by manufacturing IT and marketplace
Manufacturing technology stacks will evolve, driven by three main drivers and influenced by these five ways of the next generation of manufacturing.
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Reward (or risk) for OEMs seeking India EMS manufacturing partners
Indian EMS providers and Indian EMS industry both have their challenges. Partnering with the right Indian EMS providers can prove cost-effective for even the most demanding OEM executives. As China loses some of its competitiveness for electronics design, manufacturing and …
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CNC machines used in contract electronics manufacturing
One OEM hardware product required CNC machines performing 40 different processes and 193 different tooling steps to produce its stainless steel metal frame.
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ERP, supply chain and procurement cloud preferences
Mission-critical tasks or software applications like ERP, SCM and purchasing might be on an organization’s private cloud for enhanced security and availability. Read benefits for each model in this article
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Errors in EMS manufacturer OEM quote package pricing and sourcing costs
EMS provider opportunities for errors and slow, or lack of, execution happen regularly. Every hour. Every day. We identify some key areas OEMs should hold their EMS manufacturers accountable.
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