The list presented below includes most of the specific criteria categories OEMs would expect to find/evaluate when considering sourcing contract elevtronics design services.
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
Supplier assessment criteria for electronic design skill and capabilities
Electronic supplier qualification differs for startup v. large OEMs
Startup, small OEMs and large OEMs each approach their electronics supplier qualification process from a different perspective. For decision makers who already know which services they need, identifying and selecting a list of quality EMS providers can be straightforward.
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Today’s EMS CEOs mirror Detroit auto execs of the 70s
The same EMS people use the same tools, manage EMS operations the same way and move from EMS provider to provider – taking with them the same toolbox of skills, with the same outlook and getting the same results. Little has changed.
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EMS provider secretive demeanor preventing better OEM relationships
Is EMS open-book pricing typically offered without OEMs having to ask? Or do OEMs have to ask for it? Do most EMS providers sit at the table with prospects with an us v. them mentality?
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Venture Outsource US Supreme Court case references, citations and noteworthy attributions
View our solutions In addition to our custom research, below is a small sampling of Venture Outsource LLC content and writings cited in academic and scholarly literature, abstracts, and legal and court opinions. You can also read some …
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Finding expert witness for contract electronic EMS manufacturing
Venture Outsource works with defense and plaintiffs for both suppliers and customers in electronics supply chain and manufacturing technical and business disputes.
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OEM trust in purchase price variance (PPV) and open-book pricing
The underlying issue in the OEM-EMS relationship is most solutions providers are unwilling to share real open-book pricing because it exposes them to realizing they don’t fully understand and capture their true internal costs. A lot of EMS working capital is tied up due to poor internal EMS decision-making.
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10 Reasons OEMs know your EMS manufacturing relationship is on the rocks
What happens inside the EMS factory when you’re not there can be surprising. OEMs just want to know your EMS partner is managing your program business the way you would. But this might not always be the case. Here’s how to find out when things are not going as you hoped.
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Should OEMs share product roadmaps with EMS manufacturing partners?
Will electronics OEMs ever be willing to carry this risk when doing so could result in roadmaps falling into hands of competing OEMs served by the same provider?
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SAP v Oracle in automating electronics manufacturing
SAP is good at promoting specific solutions and convincing electronis OEM and EMS/ODM companies their product meets customer needs. Oracle is more tuned into finding out your manufacturing needs than using its frankenware to meet requirements.
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