Build AI data lakes to optimize data-driven collaboration, safeguard planning and forecasting, and drive supply chain cost efficiencies that protect profits and grow your income Imagine getting thousands of tables and 300+ different spread sheets. Each tab for each …
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
How ETL strategy fortifies EMS manufacturing programs and protects AI supply chain profits
What is fair pricing for EMS manufacturing fees and services?
Some electronics OEM companies only want to source the electronics portion of their manufacturing programs. Others see value in sourcing full manufacturing assembly with their EMS partners. When determining fair pricing of EMS services for make vs buy decisions, …
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Helpful RFQ guidelines before negotiating EMS manufacturer contract service pricing terms
Electronic OEM equipment firms sourcing EMS manufacturer services can take control of the narrative early and manage EMS provider perceptions when engaging contract electronics solutions providers. Doing so can help set the tone to achieve more detailed quote responses, and …
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Information refineries build trust in EMS manufacturer pricing of services
Technology manufacturing supply chains can be perceived as information refineries that process data to be transacted against real-world, economic tradeoffs. Every decision comes with a cost. If your manufacturing industry or market changes for the worse or, your customer …
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Benchmark to compare EMS manufacturing company capabilities
Below are some examples what to look for, and how information can be organized into a benchmarking report with the following guidelines.
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Top-line growth and deeper customer satisfaction with process strategy leadership
Customer-facing teams confront unique challenges, often unbeknownst amongst our internal supported teams. Successfully addressing customer needs requires a tenacity for closing tasks in a fluid environment often operating with loosely defined processes. Understanding the backbone of our process and …
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Rethinking EDA tools, search engines, distributors to unlock value in electronic product BoMs
Some contract EMS manufacturing companies with deeper engineering and technology expertise are going direct to semiconductor chip manufacturers for their OEM customer programs, and bypassing electronics components distributors altogether. These side deals disrupt industrial search engines and OEM customers …
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Common pain points for electronic OEMs sourcing EMS manufacturing services
The ventureoutsource.com site contains a lot of information for electronic original equipment manufacturer (OEM) brand name companies tasked with formulating and executing strategy and plans-of-action for contract electronics manufacturing services (EMS) supply chains. One pain point we hear is; “We …
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Elon Musk: Five rules for new product hardware development
Just because something can be designed or built does not mean it should be. We’ve all seen hardware or equipment that might look cool, but is serves little or no real, practical purpose. The following comment is from Elon Musk …
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BOM scrubbing and evolution of the semiconductor distribution supply chain
From non-OEM components manufacturing to product finished goods inventory, every electronics manufacturer experiences BOM scrubbing problems. Whether OEM brand owners or, contract EMS providers, problems associated with optimizing BOMs or eBOMs exist on both ends when trying to integrate …
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