Read what Scott Clark, vice president, global procurement and operations with standards-based networking product company Allied Telesis, has to say about contract manufacturing, and more…
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Executive Interviews
Allied Telesis operations executive Scott Clark interview on quality and supply chain management
Douglas P. Colbeth, Kinaxis interview
Venture Outsource talked with Douglas Colbeth, president, CEO and, chairman of the board with Kinaxis Corporation. Colbeth talks industry challenges and what the future holds for manufacturing.
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Iqbal Dar, Ciena interview
Iqbal Dar, Ph.D., senior director, operations engineering with Ciena Corporation speaks with VentureOutsource.com. Read what Dr. Dar says about evaluating contract manufacturing partners, and more…
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Kurt Doelling, Sun Microsystems interview
Kurt Doelling, vice president supplier management and worldwide operations strategy with Sun Microsystems. talks with VentureOutsource.com.
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Robert Dykes, Juniper Networks
"I admire people able to gather the smartest people around them and grow companies. One example is Li Ka Shing, a self-made entrepreneur able to boot-strap …"
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Interview with Lou Gaviglia, Nypro
"Many ODM and EMS companies have integrated vertically into a number of technologies. Because of the capital and engineering constraints for decorative plastic enclosures…"
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Interview with GPC Electronics’ Christopher Janssen
"The biggest complaint we hear from customers is they use a lot of their own resources to manage their EMS partners – even the big providers."
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Interview with Avnet’s Roy Vallee
"…carrying excess parts inventory on the balance sheet ties up a company's capital. So today you will find companies more disciplined in supply-chain practices. Implementing systems like vendor managed inventory (VMI) through a broad …"
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Celestica’s Steve Delaney talks EMS, restructuring and more
"Celestica's lean efforts have provided benefits to OEMs, Celestica, and even the supply base – reducing costs and inventory and improving our customers' responsiveness. Other cost-reduction initiatives include low-cost manufacturing…"
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IBM’s Tim Carroll talks integrated supply chains, inventory, cost reductions
"We have brilliant IBM researchers working on algorithms for supply chain optimization, we have access to the leading open standards-based software in WebSphere and DB2 and our experience with thousands of clients as a …"
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