The ventureoutsource.com site contains a lot of information for electronic original equipment manufacturer (OEM) brand name companies tasked with formulating and executing strategy and plans-of-action for contract electronics manufacturing services (EMS) supply chains. One pain point we hear is; “We …
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Trends & Observations
Common pain points for electronic OEMs sourcing EMS manufacturing services
Elon Musk: Five rules for new product hardware development
Just because something can be designed or built does not mean it should be. We’ve all seen hardware or equipment that might look cool, but is serves little or no real, practical purpose. The following comment is from Elon Musk …
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BOM scrubbing and evolution of the semiconductor distribution supply chain
From non-OEM components manufacturing to product finished goods inventory, every electronics manufacturer experiences BOM scrubbing problems. Whether OEM brand owners or, contract EMS providers, problems associated with optimizing BOMs or eBOMs exist on both ends when trying to integrate …
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Fees, costs, quote pricing top reason OEM equipment firms select electronic EMS manufacturing companies
Electronics OEM equipment manufacturers typically deploy a team comprised of members from different functional groups supporting manufacturing, when identifying and creating a short list of suitably qualified contract EMS manufacturing services providers. Venture Outsource runs a large, global contract EMS …
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Strategies for tech manufacturing compliance and supply chain risk mitigation
Contract electronics supply chains are filled with risk. Electronics contract manufacturing extended supply chains must take into account product complexity, short product lifecycles, forecast and market demand uncertainty, as many as 300,000+ third-party partners, and considerable amounts of business process …
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The importance of selecting capable EMS manufacturers for your electronic equipment programs
In the world of contract electronics manufacturing, the choice of a contract electronics manufacturing services (EMS) partner can make or break an OEM’s success. A good contract agreement with a poor contract EMS manufacturing partner will always be a …
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Malaysia semiconductor supply chain manufacturing expanding
Malaysia’s leadership is attracting renewed interest in chipsets and semiconductor manufacturing. Ng Kok Tiong, a senior vice president with Infineon, and chairman of the Semiconductor Fabrication Association of Malaysia, says Infineon is in the “process of building a $7 billion …
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Unraveling productivity decline: Manufacturing workforce shortages, outdated procedures, and merger hangovers
Manufacturing decision makers and supplier companies are becoming more vocal expressing similar concerns in conversations: staffing shortages, outdated processes and procedures, old documentation from previous mergers and acquisitions still being used months, even years, post M&A completion. These are …
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Sourcing energy grid transformers and power management systems with competitive manufacturing supply chains
At least five large-scale blackouts occurred in the United States over the past 45 years. Three of these occurred in the past 15 years. According to the US Department of Energy (DOE), power outages and interruptions cost Americans at least …
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EV Supercharge: Battery management systems (BMS) and contract EMS manufacturing
Battery management systems (BMS), sometimes called battery monitoring systems, play a critical role in monitoring and controlling the performance of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles (EV). Within BMS systems are packs and cells. Total cost for most finished goods inventory …
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