When the economy is strong and market demand is good, this model will help an EMS provider grow because economies of scale can be leveraged and the manufacturing business and the component business can …
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
Mobile phones: Troubled contract manufacturing?
Taiwan IC Design: Netbook opportunities, challenges
Nonetheless, this may not necessarily be viewed as negative for Taiwan fabless companies as the lower IC content should be offset by Taiwan’s nearly 100% market share of the netbook market compared to …
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Russian EMS opportunity amid the downturn
Russia has been looked upon as an unfavorable market for electronics manufacturing in the past by foreign electronics manufacturers.
This negative perception has …
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REPORT: EMS March struggle
The focus of EMS provider Jabil Electronics' earnings call last month was more about whether the market has seen, or will see, the bottom in demand, versus …
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$21.5 billion discrete capacitors market by 2015
The global capacitor market witnessed a decline in the second half of 2008, owing to the economic recession, which affected almost all end use markets. However, the ongoing …
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Taiwan electronics industry poised for quick rebound?
The reason for the possible rebound are two predominant product front runners that have emerged from the ashes. The first product is the Net Book PC …
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Career guru Marty Nemko on U.S. job loss and America’s opportunity
The American auto industry is a prime example of poor, union-influenced manufacturing management policies derailed by even poorer product quality.
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Electronics producers in Vietnam see trouble, opportunity amid economic woes
Although some industries in Ho Chi Minh City are hiring workers, elsewhere in Vietnam companies are facing increased worker tension as layoffs increase. Indeed, some electronics manufacturers are planning to hire more workers …
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Electronics manufacturing services value is not cost reductions
Real problem with EMS industry is inability to effectively communicate its value proposition. Pressure on EMS firms relates to the mistaken belief the core value proposition of outsourced manufacturing is cost reductions.
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REACH Compliance: 7 ‘must do’ steps for auditing suppliers
There is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach. REACH is a new regulation with at least 15 unique legal requirements that did not exist before. REACH also comes with a bundle of exemptions that …
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