Two giant Taiwan wafer OEM manufacturers, Taiwan Semi-Conductor and UMC established offices and customer service branches in India. For much of Taiwan business, the examples of these Taiwanese companies provide India…
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Supply Chain Management
Taiwan – India relations warming and soaring
Cost analysis and the teardown
I am skeptical about the accuracy of cost analysis teardowns. Normally, list prices for components (the figure used in the analysis report) are …
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Boeing and Honeywell develop Integrated Materials Management (IMM) supply chain
Boeing has signed an agreement with Honeywell Aerospace that will allow them to significantly reduce airline maintenance costs by providing expendable parts. Honeywell provides 725,000 parts from 150 global manufacturers and 2,600 suppliers that…
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Design guru John Maeda on Apple’s love potion and product design
In this popular interview Dr. Maeda isolates the source behind Apple’s iPhone success; discusses product design for manufacturing (DfM) and end-user usability, and more.
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Just in time (JIT) strategy feels earthquake tremors
When the nuclear facilities were built, the electric company guaranteed its reliability and safety to withstand the strongest earthquake; however, they now have no idea when the plant can resume operation from its nuclear reactors. The power shortage during the hottest summer in Japan is on everyone’s mind.
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Printed circuit board industry to see global revenues reach upwards of $76 billion by 2012
Global revenues for printed circuit boards (PCB) are given for a multitude of categories and the report details how regional shifts in PCB production and usage will continue through …
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10 steps to quality in Chinese supply chains
Arrow chairman, president and chief executive officer offers guidance to electronics manufacturers on how to manage and lessen supply chain risk in China with his 10 steps to China supply chain success..
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DHL selected as primary express carrier for Celestica
DHL will be transporting telecommunications and electronics components, and finished goods to, from, and between Celestica factories; manufacturing facilities, suppliers, and consolidation points, as well as drop-shipping direct to customers.
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Lower intellectual property (IP) risk outsourcing electronics manufacturing
One common error is most executives feel something is not patentable. It is also Some advanced tactics used by IP-savvy companies and executives include conducting ‘directed invention …
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RoHS one year later: The good news is…the bad news was wrong
Tin-lead solder has 100 years of reliability data history and is a tough act to follow. Right now, the biggest threat to the electronics industry and electrical and electronics equipment is …
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