Growing data center demand and bill of materials (BOM) line items impact how commodity buyers use contract electronics partners as global data center IP traffic is expected to grow 25 percent CAGR, five years through 2021, from 6.8 zettabytes per …
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New Product Development
Commodity buyers for data center cloud hardware rack solutions transformed by supply chain outsourcing
Manufacturing capacity relocation cost analysis
Earnings impact, inventory swings, and duplicate capacity facing some OEMs moving manufacturing production.
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ODM competition driving margin erosion
EMS providers and ODM manufacturers in Taiwan experience lower margins, yielding pricing benefits to OEM customers.
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EMS provider Venture Manufacturing fights economic headwinds
Venture Manufacturing’s receivables were roughly 34% of assets, which is high for EMS industry and could reflect risk of improper credit management.
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Fast product launch new medical devices: 510(K) and FDA cleared v FDA approved
To help innovation, medical device firms bringing new product to market are not required to go through a strenuous testing process if their new device is substantially similar to one that has come before. But abuse has entered the system.
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Vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) consolidation targets the self-driving autonomous car
Today, one-third of the cost for a car is from electronics. This is expected to become 40% soon. We share how this takes place with details on car technology and features.
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4G v 5G wireless printed circuit board (PCB) challenges and opportunities
Read how 5G network architecture brings challenges and opportunities for PCB vendors, contract electronics EMS providers, and telecoms.
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Pros and cons of 3D printing, additive manufacturing in contract electronics
There is great potential for 3D printing to disrupt the $12 trillion manufacturing market. Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing (for private use systems) creates 3D objects layer by layer from a 3D design file (typically in STL, stereolithography format) …
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Artificial intelligence provides transcendence for electronics manufacturing expansion
How OEMs and EMS providers wanting to grow remain competitive while building sustainable business models and keeping an eye on the future.
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Future manufacturing-as-a-service PCB assembly driven by manufacturing IT and marketplace
Manufacturing technology stacks will evolve, driven by three main drivers and influenced by these five ways of the next generation of manufacturing.
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