U.S. electronics manufacturing is not going away. New product introduction (NPI) and low-volume, high-mix programs should play a major role in industries such as …
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Industry Pulse
Changes underway at global EMS destinations
$30 billion giant steps out of the woods
June 4, 2007 – The combined company will have a work force of about 200,000, including about 4,000 design engineers, with a combined annual revenue exceeding $30 billion.
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Printed circuit board (PCB) demand change in market
June 1, 2007 – Investment bank Bear Stearns & Co. releases its interpretation of IPC’s April printed circuit board three (3) month rigid PCB book-to-bill industry survey results.
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Trade, finance, and economic development – interview with PBEC chairman Scott Price
Read what the Pacific Basin Economic Council chairman says about focusing on Asia-Pacific business interests and challenges facing companies expanding into Asian markets, and more.
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Hyper competition among EMS providers
Credit Suisse estimates two-thirds of operating profit margins for EMS providers is likely derived from component purchase price variance: paying a discounted price for components from suppliers, while getting compensated by OEM customers as if paying standard prices.
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Someone’s talking but is anyone listening?
One manufacturer told the Economic Office of the US Embassy that shipping electronics goods from Delhi to the port of Mumbai costs him more than shipping from Mumbai to the U.K.
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Indian infrastructure, manufacturing, quality, and the US$2,400 car
If its manufacturing sector is to become truly world-class, India will have to overcome many impediments that limit manufacturers’ abilities to develop low-cost, high-quality products that can compete in global markets.
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Worldwide electronics industry survey reveals trends and strategic priorities
Managers and executives in industry say what is on their minds about the process of evaluating and selecting outsourcing partners, how they manage their EMS and ODM partners, trends they see developing, and more.
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A look at supply chain inventories exiting 2006
March 15, 2007 – Bear Stearns published its updated Inventory Tracker which points to a meaningful decline in inventory days in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) or, electronics contract manufacturing sector.
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Contract electronics direct costs, profits and OEM pricing
While there are some common outsourcing manufacturing contract formats, no two contracts are identical and, there is no viable, common platform that can be applied to every outsourcing contract pricing model with regards to either party’s profits.
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