Wage inflation in China has joined commodity inflation. Cheap labor is now, in fact, not so cheap. A new labor law will place further obligations on employees, and is due to be implemented this year.
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
China’s labor source and the impact of one billion pigs
The EMS business forecast – A tale of two scenarios
This outlook is based in part on the macroeconomic forecast data available through mid-February, which formed our most likely scenario: the U.S. would …
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Chinese authority Dr. Kerry Brown on China’s issues and western ways
Kerry Brown, Ph.D. is the author of ‘Struggling Giant: China in the 21st Century’ and, ‘The Rise of the Dragon: Chinese Inward and Outward Investment in the Reform Period.’ He is also a committee member with 48 Group Club, a business network committed to promoting positive relations with China, and …
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Wall Street on EMS vs. ODM market share and market segments
Wall Street discusses EMS vs. ODM market share, various market segments, emerging market opportunities and …
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3 Myths about REACH you need to know
REACH does provide a variety of exemptions for certain products and applications. For example, if you sell a printed circuit board, the same circuit board may be used in automobiles (not exempt), medical electronics devices in direct contact with human body (exempt) and in airplanes (possibly exempt on a case-by-case basis in some EU Member States if a specific defense exemption is granted).
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Top 10 contract manufacturing and orginal design manufacturing (ODM) companies
Review listings of the industry's top 10 electronics contract manufacturing and original design manufacturing (ODM) companies.
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International hourly manufacturing compensation rate costs by country
Information on hourly manufacturing rate compensation costs for international employees by country in production manufacturing begins …
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Hourly manufacturing labor rates in China
China is not only one of the largest trading partners with the United States it is also a manufacturing destination with one of the lowest …
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Global hourly manufacturing labor rate trend comparison
In the United States, hourly compensation costs for production workers in manufacturing were virtually …
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Environmental compliance complicates electronics manufacturing configuration management
With regards to configuration management for aerospace electronics manufacturers, components material characteristic tracking becomes a major …
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