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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NPI – New Product Introduction
Five things contract manufacturers say they can improve on
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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Program management responsibilities and activities
Program management responsibilities within a contract manufacturer can be divided into internal efforts and external efforts and in most instances, all OEM outsourcing program information flow from the customer destined for the contract manufacturer should pass through contract manufacturing program management.
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Hardware startup strategy for electronics design and manufacturing to market launch
Startup executives can refer to this plan to help them review internal depth and scope capabilities against anticipated company capability requirements so they may then determine at what point it may make sense to consider evaluating and engaging a contract product design partner or contract manufacturing partner.
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Checklist: Questions to qualify electronics original design manufacturers (ODM)
These question should help OEMs gain a better understanding of capabilities, tools, staffing experience, shortcomings… with ODM or EMS providers.
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Product and component long lead time management reports
Typically, contract manufacturers will purchase specified quantities of long lead time material and OEM customer-unique materials only when the OEM customer authorizes such in advance and in writing.
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Outsourcing for medical electronics
Rise in advanced IT-based medical devices poses the question of whether EMS providers can offer cost-effective alternatives for producing devices that meet the requirements of the heavily regulated medical electronics marketplace.
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