Includes steps and activities for department employees in engineering, quality, program management, testing, procurement, planning and logistics, funding and more.
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PLM
EMS Provider perspective: Managing end-of-life (EOL) product lifecycle management (PLM)
Review of SAP, Oracle / JD Edwards, NetSuite ERP for electronics manufacturers
OEMs and their contract electronics provider partners often get wrapped up in a extra effort by trying to manage a longer term forecast with the same granularity of shorter-term ones. The end or quarter hockey stick shipping charts often found in many contract electronics providers speaks to this challenge.
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Hiring your new CFO: 9 considerations for the OEM, CEO and board members
You are disenchanted with your current CFO and you decide the time has come to replace him. Yes, he has brought you some terrific new board members, has worked closely with the new controller to completely overall finances and the accounting department and, when you needed a new investment round, he was one of the critical players in getting you what you needed.
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Electronics ERP systems can reduce time to ROI
How to manage product data structure for electronics ERP systems deep bills of materials, rigid configurations, long component lead-time, detailed costing and production routings.
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Timing implementation of PLM and ERP crucial in contract electronics manufacturing
ERP systems are good for planning and accounting, but areas where ERP can fall short include electronics production program scheduling, work-in-progress (WIP) monitoring, and assisting with manufacturing program execution.
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Software license, product supply, support agreement for mobile chipset
Software licensing and product supply and support agreement between North American telecommunications company focused in the mobile and smartphone market and a China-based chipset provider for multi-media, digital cordless and VoIP industry applications.
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Don’t shoot the IT guy: ERP selection and project management implementation in high-tech manufacturing
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) industry analyst discussion on ERP vendor selection and avoiding pitfalls with ERP implementation project management. Plus, the benefits of cloud v. on-demand ERP platforms; must have ERP features in manufacturing environments, the future of ERP systems, and more…
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Everything you need to know about program management for outsourcing electronics manufacturing
Stop losing money. Learn what’s important to EMS providers in OEM-EMS relationships and manage manufacturing supply chain operations more effectively. The following examples are from recent, actual working engagements with program management teams inside EMS providers. Engagements focused on improving program management sense of urgency while paying closer attention to managing the profit center in OEM customer programs.
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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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What you should know about quote pricing, purchase orders, and ERP systems
Quote pricing and purchase orders are driven by purchasing, programs management, and materials management departments in the contract manufacturer. Read how these functions drive the process and the role of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
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