Following are some of my personal experiences and insights gained through my years of dealing with different countries, EMS provider organizations and people in the EMS industry across Asia, Europe and the Americas. However, fewer culture gaps exist between Asian countries than, say, compared to western nations, or counties on the Africa continent. Similarly, working styles in western countries tend to be less divergent with countries located on the same continent than compared to a Chinese or Thai style.
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
Challenges revealed in the many faces of EMS provider culture
Improving printed circuit board surface mount technology (SMT) line productivity with preventative maintenance and cause and effect analysis
Eliminating SMT line preventative maintenance to save costs in tough economic times is a mistake. Tracking SMT line performance with an SMT line downtime form can improve cause and effect analysis and increase productivity.
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How to build trust in your OEM-EMS global partnerships
Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers routinely struggle to gain insights on how they can fit into an OEM’s product roadmap. And rightly so, since many OEM’s are concerned their product roadmaps, if revealed, could be given to a competitor the EMS provider is also serving.
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Pentagon budget cuts challenge defense EMS providers
How can EMS providers plan defense new business development with supply chain consolidations underway? Defense game changing in the way budgets are issued and contracts are awarded. EMS providers must see where design trends and opportunities exist. Focus turns to mastering logistics.
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2011 Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) outlook with 2010 review
2011 EMS industry perspective reveals risks for Flextronics, Sanmina-SCI, Jabil Circuit, Benchmark Electronics, Plexus. 2010 program wins can take 12 to 18 months to ramp. Possible return to M&A across EMS sector. Increased focus on non-traditional EMS markets. Overall 2010 YTD performance lags notably due to magnitude of mid-2010 decline.
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Hong Kong as base camp for western companies in China
China-based author informs our western business readers about things to do in Hong Kong while managing operations in China.
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Questions surface on 2009-2014 global EMS industry forecast
Hong Kong-based EMS provider questions recent worldwide EMS industry forecast – comparing combined revenues from the top 50 EMS providers with values for the forecasted period and total available market (TAM). Perhaps other readers have the same question?
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Worldwide EMS / ODM five year forecasts deals blow to pure ODM model, reflects trends and challenges for industry, OEMs
IDC’s five year forecast (2009 – 2014, see chart) for the worldwide EMS and ODM sectors, plus worldwide total EMS industry, reflects the cost (spend) for product outsource design and manufacturing services and MCOGs sourced to EMS and ODM companies across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
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5 Methodology steps to 6 sigma in electronics printed circuit board assemblies
An electronics manufacturer building one million circuit boards at 3 Sigma levels would build 66,807 defective circuit boards. Assuming each defective board required $100 worth of parts and labor to repair, it would cost $6,680,700 to complete the repairs.
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Season Group EMS corner office on component shortages, trust, expansion
When asked about challenges facing the EMS industry near-term, Season Group’s Hung says the number one issue he sees is establishing a stable supply of quality material.
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