When the nuclear facilities were built, the electric company guaranteed its reliability and safety to withstand the strongest earthquake; however, they now have no idea when the plant can resume operation from its nuclear reactors. The power shortage during the hottest summer in Japan is on everyone’s mind.
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Program, Project Management
Just in time (JIT) strategy feels earthquake tremors
How to improve electronics manufacturing product quality
Tips to drive functional teams to improve electronics manufacturing product quality. Objectives for program management, testing, production…including meeting formats.
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Contract manufacturing risk mitigation and risk management
As contract manufacturing business development wins more OEM programs, the risk of the contract manufacturer not being able to recover his investment decreases because similar outsource product manufacturing programs often have similar startup support requirements.
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Contract electronics manufacturing service agreement for OEM hardware
This service level agreement contract can provide baseline guidance when outsourcing manufacturing electronics services.
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Five things contract manufacturers say they can improve on
Our survey asked electronics contract manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and prototype houses to rank, in order of importance, their top 5 improvement opportunities. Read what they selected.
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Managing contract delivery schedules, changes and liability in the supply chain
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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Electronics services ROIC, contract negotiations and pricing models
An important aspect of the ROIC pricing model to be aware of is that in uncertain business segment environments, most OEMs will not want to help expedite accounts receivable for the EMS provider / contract manufacturer.
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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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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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