One trends EMS/ODM companies must embrace include higher megapixel camera technology. Read article for further details/graph.
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
Smartphone, mobile telecom hardware trends and EMS opportunity
Electronics ODM forecast gain in cloud server, storage market
According to research firm IDC, original design manufacturers (ODM) have grown their share in servers and will see continued growth in the storage segment as cloud service provider continue to disrupt the market with private cloud services poised to disrupt …
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China players, trends in cloud computing services
With earlier years of accumulation, cloud computing is now currently at the fast development stage moving from early mainstream to mainstream. Read more for details on players in China and differences in cloud services
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Electronics manufacturing services and design forecast 2014-19
Broken down my market sector, we should see EMS industry revenues increase to $423 billion on the rising strength of consumer electronics, servers and storage, networking equipment, automotive electronics, and medical electronics.
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How to get the most accurate quotes (RFQ) from electronics services providers
When sourcing electronics services design or manufacture for your OEM product program (electrical, PCB design / layout, SMT and PCBA, electro-mechanical assembly, final systems test…) there are a few tips OEMs can keep in mind for a win-win.
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Establishing conflict minerals compliance reporting for electronics manufacturers
You (or your electronics manufacturer) are using ‘conflict minerals’. Your SEC report must include a description of the measures taken by your company to exercise due diligence on the source of the conflict materials, including chain of custody.
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Review of SAP, Oracle / JD Edwards, NetSuite ERP for electronics manufacturers
OEMs and their contract electronics provider partners often get wrapped up in a extra effort by trying to manage a longer term forecast with the same granularity of shorter-term ones. The end or quarter hockey stick shipping charts often found in many contract electronics providers speaks to this challenge.
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Hiring your new CFO: 9 considerations for the OEM, CEO and board members
You are disenchanted with your current CFO and you decide the time has come to replace him. Yes, he has brought you some terrific new board members, has worked closely with the new controller to completely overall finances and the accounting department and, when you needed a new investment round, he was one of the critical players in getting you what you needed.
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Five tips for negotiating contracts in China
When outsourcing OEM programs to EMS providers most OEMs know what good contracts need with regards to quality and delivery, inventory… But for contracts with Chinese EMS providers I suggest these important additional considerations.
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Electronics ERP systems can reduce time to ROI
How to manage product data structure for electronics ERP systems deep bills of materials, rigid configurations, long component lead-time, detailed costing and production routings.
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