Request-for-information (RFI), request-for-quotation (RFQ) guidance for contract electronics sourcing programs
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Materials Management
OEMs take control of contract electronics request-for-quote (RFQ), request-for-information (RFI) process guidance
OEM Audit of EMS Manufacturer Design-for-Manufacturing (DfM) Capabilities – Document
Our checklist covers electronic design and selection of components, layout of PCBs and specs, assembly manufacturing including processes for THT components and SMT plus, wave solder and hardware and mechanicals, test design (DFT) and more.
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OEM Request-for-Proposal (RFP), Request-for-Information (RFI) Template for Contract Electronics Solutions – Document
RFI template guides electronics OEM companies seeking potentially suitable contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) partners.
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Lights-out EMS manufacturing electronics PCB assembly factories
Lights out EMS manufacturing technology exists today but habitual EMS management thinking keeping EMS industry from moving outside its comfort zone at expense of OEM customers.
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Vanity metrics and inventory turns in EMS manufacturing
It is possible for EMS providers to inform every OEM customer what OEM inventory turns are for any given OEM program on a program-by-program basis, at any point in time.
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OEM questions on EMS provider costs, quotes and pricing
Answers to handling prepaid material, MOQ and excess material in open-book costing modelsm, how materials ownership changes hands between OEM and EMS and more…
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Electronics distributors lose control as pressure to innovate increases
Electronics distribution model is proving harder to manage as control of supply chain slips, shifting to non-OEM components manfuacturers.
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EMS Manufacturer Contract Service Level Agreement – Document
Focused on materials liability management and sourcing electronics manufacturing cost reductions and EMS pricing, this document reveals purchase order variances and cost strategy,and percentages for EMS pricing methodologies for materials, test and much more.
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Contract Agreement for EMS Electronics Design Services – Document
This document gives OEM decisions makers insight into types of clauses, terms and concerns providers offering electronics product design services might present to OEMs during first-phase discussion when negotiating electronics product design contract agreements.
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EMS manufacturing materials purchasing in the extended supply chain
Some strategies include grouping part numbers by commodity or supplier, managing line items based on pricing or parts that make up the biggest value of your bill and materials (BOM), to name a few.
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