The avionics and aerospace electronics outsourcing market is growing faster than the overall outsourcing market. One of the quality standards OEM executives must be sure their contract manufacturing partners have is AS9100 for the aerospace industry.
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Product Market Segments
Avionics and aerospace electronics contract manufacturers
Cell phones, handsets electronics contract manufacturers
With this trend shift, contract manufacturers that are vertically integrated will reap greater benefits than their non-vertically integrated competitors as total outsourced volume increases and the percentage of higher content (i.e., more complex) cell phones decreases.
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Medical and instrumentation electronics contract manufacturers
Contract manufacturers in this space should have extensive knowledge in, and be able to provide valuable guidance with, product regulatory requirements such as Pre-Market Notification (PMA or 510(k)) as well as Notified Body submissions for CE Mark compliance.
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Hardware startup strategy for electronics design and manufacturing to market launch
Startup executives can refer to this plan to help them review internal depth and scope capabilities against anticipated company capability requirements so they may then determine at what point it may make sense to consider evaluating and engaging a contract product design partner or contract manufacturing partner.
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When outsourcing is not the answer
Deciding when outsourcing is right—and when it’s not—can be a major undertaking for medical technology executives. But using a process that models a company’s possible scenarios can help to make even a complex decision simpler.
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Outsourcing for medical electronics
Rise in advanced IT-based medical devices poses the question of whether EMS providers can offer cost-effective alternatives for producing devices that meet the requirements of the heavily regulated medical electronics marketplace.
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Four (4) types of common contract electronics manufacturing agreements
Roughly 80 percent of all contract manufacturing agreements fall under four different pricing models: Fixed materials pricing, component cost pricing, cost plus pricing (fixed price) and return on invested capital pricing (ROIC). Understanding these contract types is at the heart of making good OEM-EMS partnership decisions.
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