There are five (5) key factors driving the process of RoHS conversion of mainstream products for medical companies. All five (5) factors are finance-driven, as opposed to a general trend towards green. Green medical electronics is a ‘nice concept’, but multi-million dollar product conversions and re-qualification projects are not generally financed at the behest of a ‘nice concept.’
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
5 Drivers for RoHS conversion of medical electronics
Foreign IP strategy for electronics manufacturing
Know where your competitors are filing IP. Companies may consider filing patents in foreign jurisdictions where competitors are active, in an effort to gain market space and / or leverage IP assets during future negotiations. Manufacturers in emerging jurisdictions such as Brazil, India, China, and Vietnam become more active in presenting opportunities for joint manufacturing ventures …
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Technology and electronics workers voice concerns in Silicon Valley
High-tech workers in San Jose, California on federal permits are speaking out – many for the first time – over rules that leave them …
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Do’s and don’ts of supply chain benchmarking
October 1, 2007 – By comparing notes and taking a Consortium survey, delegates identified the Top 5 "Do's" and "Don'ts" of benchmarking and best practices…
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Japanese electronics industry’s changing landscape
The most recent restructuring plans announced by Japanese electronics companies are focused on extricating these companies from non-profitable divisions, and promoting additional growing through mergers and acquisitions. It seems Japanese…
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12 Questions for the Occam Process before buying the farm
The Occam Process is touted to be environmentally compliant or, friendly. However, the process uses photolithography and copper plating procedures. Aren’t these processes quite ‘dirty’? Won’t these processes, which will be new to most potential adopters, be a challenge to implement?
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Greenpeace guide to greener electronics: Electronics industry starting to go green
The biggest movers in the latest guide are Sony and LG Electronics. Both have had their penalty points lifted as they have left a …
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Taking the pulse of EMS
While internal, defensive, cost-control issues dominated the companies’ reports; most firms also …
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Rising ruppee mean opportunity for Indian IT companies
In terms of productivity, a large proportion of work carried out from India tends to be on a Time & Material (T & M) basis. In general, there are few incentives in T & M contracts to raise productivity. With rising costs and shrinking margins…
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Avnet India surpasses $100 million
The company has enhanced the service level provided to customers not only by expanding geographical coverage in key Indian cities through its offices …
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