Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) cannot deny the meltdown and fission. It will take several months to terminate the release of radioactive materials from the facilities and several years to remove the contamination from the area.
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Trends & Observations
Personal perspective from Japan on Fukushima nuclear disaster
VIDEO – Defining disaster in Japan: Impact on Japanese and global electronics industry supply chains
Japan represents 10% to 15% of global electronics demand but 16% to 30% of electronics component supply. OEMs with meaningful cash positions are trying to pull in orders, buying up available component supplies. Taiwan printed circuit board companies like Kinsus and Unimicron could see bigger negative impacts.
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EMS manufacturing site relocation and selection in North America
Some states offering incentives for EMS providers are really just imposing more taxes. Understanding which states are more aggressive when it comes to incentives capabilities is key to selecting geography.
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Understanding working with Chinese state-owned enterprises
Your chances for success increase if you align your objectives with government of China’s local, regional or national pathway.
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RoHS Recast: What’s in store for 2.0?
Anything not exempted from the scope of ‘Electrical and Electronic Equipment’ is subject to the Recast provisions. An entirely new eleventh category will be added to Article 2. Not a part of RoHS legislation, but closely linked to it, is EU CE marking.
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EMS industry job trends, salaries and 2011 hiring outlook
There are currently too many people in the EMS job market and not enough jobs. Read one opinion by a reader experienced in the recruitment industry and learn if you are being paid EMS industry market rates. Also, learn which EMS jobs are in demand plus how EMS compensation differs depending on EMS provider size. Many EMS industry candidates will accept $10,000 per year less in compensation to be part of an EMS provider culture with similar values. Would you?
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2011 Forecasts global EMS / ODM growth slowing with China no longer the exception
Margin improvement now a function of end-market mix. Given rise of material costs and wages in areas like China, 2011 margins are apt to be heading sideways or downward.
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Challenges revealed in the many faces of EMS provider culture
Following are some of my personal experiences and insights gained through my years of dealing with different countries, EMS provider organizations and people in the EMS industry across Asia, Europe and the Americas. However, fewer culture gaps exist between Asian countries than, say, compared to western nations, or counties on the Africa continent. Similarly, working styles in western countries tend to be less divergent with countries located on the same continent than compared to a Chinese or Thai style.
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How to build trust in your OEM-EMS global partnerships
Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers routinely struggle to gain insights on how they can fit into an OEM’s product roadmap. And rightly so, since many OEM’s are concerned their product roadmaps, if revealed, could be given to a competitor the EMS provider is also serving.
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Pentagon budget cuts challenge defense EMS providers
How can EMS providers plan defense new business development with supply chain consolidations underway? Defense game changing in the way budgets are issued and contracts are awarded. EMS providers must see where design trends and opportunities exist. Focus turns to mastering logistics.
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