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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Cost Reductions, Finance
Five things contract manufacturers say they can improve on
10 Reasons contract electronics programs fail
10 things you should be aware of that can ruin your contract manufacturing relationship and prevent your company from achieving some of its business objectives
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Outsource manufacturing contracts and cost reductions
Cost reductions likely be split between the contract manufacturer and the OEM: with 25% of the cost reductions, or savings, retained by the …
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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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Vietnam offshoring and outsourcing contract manufacturing
A few of the electronics companies currently manufacturing in Vietnam include Intel, Canon, and contract manufacturing and design companies Spartonics, Mechatronics Engineering Group and, MiTAC Precision Technology.
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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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Industry Pulse: Flextronics, Celestica, Nam Tai Electronics, Plexus, Benchmark
Read about Flextronics' deal with Hewlett-Packard involving cell phone imaging and the Company's reduction in work force with a facility in France. Celestica updates guidance believed to be partly related to poor performance of Mexico operations, Nam Tai Electronics announces a new CEO, and more…
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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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OEM audit of contract electronic services and EMS financial due diligence
Are EMS provider sales falling or is production rising too fast? OEMs should ask these direct questions and look at EMS financial metrics in a particular way.
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