Managers and executives in industry say what is on their minds about the process of evaluating and selecting outsourcing partners, how they manage their EMS and ODM partners, trends they see developing, and more.
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Industry Pulse
Worldwide electronics industry survey reveals trends and strategic priorities
A look at supply chain inventories exiting 2006
March 15, 2007 – Bear Stearns published its updated Inventory Tracker which points to a meaningful decline in inventory days in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) or, electronics contract manufacturing sector.
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Contract electronics direct costs, profits and OEM pricing
While there are some common outsourcing manufacturing contract formats, no two contracts are identical and, there is no viable, common platform that can be applied to every outsourcing contract pricing model with regards to either party’s profits.
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Industry Pulse – Jan 30, ’07
Electronics industry inventory concerns are discussed with noteworthy commentary on Avnet. Inventories with electronics contract manufacturing companies appear to be headed for higher ground; Asian-based technology companies continue to be a threat, and analysis of IPC's book-to-bill ratio, and more…
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Industry Pulse: Flextronics, Celestica, Nam Tai Electronics, Plexus, Benchmark
Read about Flextronics' deal with Hewlett-Packard involving cell phone imaging and the Company's reduction in work force with a facility in France. Celestica updates guidance believed to be partly related to poor performance of Mexico operations, Nam Tai Electronics announces a new CEO, and more…
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Allied Telesis operations executive Scott Clark interview on quality and supply chain management
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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Industry Pulse – Oct ’06
Flextronics makes corporate changes to increase customer focus, Solectron top-line increases, Jabil delves further into handsets, Viasystems raises prices, and more…
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Industry Pulse – Sep ’06
Read about a recent Flextronics acquisition, Foxconn reporting finances for the quarter, TTM's Tyco acquisition, and information from a report citing trend activity with inventory buildup in the EMS sector.
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Industry Pulse – Jul ’06
Lucent Technologies' financials and China, Benchmark Electronics' Sun Microsystems business, Solectron Corporation's cost-cutting measures, and more…
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Industry Pulse – Jun ’06
Marc Onetto leaves Solectron, Nam Tai Electronics reports positive financials, Foxconn gains momentum in the handset sector, Jabil Circuit acquisition, and more…
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