Manufacturer programs with strategy designed for ROI against timelines imposed by boards and CEOs will be path-dependent and hinge on a number of key decisions.
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Industry Pulse
Ways political, economic policies impact manufacturing supply chains
Manufacturing supply chain shortages affecting multiple sectors
Two key reasons are behind the various supply chain shortages.
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Why monetary expansion increases cost of capital for manufacturers
Allocated budgets are losing purchasing power at rate equal to monetary expansion. Read how manufacturers optimize supply chain spend and get to ROI faster.
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Manufacturing inventory and demand vs labor planning
Manufacturers continue to drive efficiencies and, lower labor and production costs, through outsourcing and automation. Read how consumer stimulus payments throw a wrench into manufacturing scheduling and demand planning.
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The decline of EMS manufacturing service: Good, bad, ugly
Today, it easy for EMS manufacturing management to identify and isolate poor sales performers from those EMS sales people able to meet EMS corporate management objectives.
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EMS Manufacturer value propositions, competitive dynamics and industry trends to know about
How have profit margin trends developed in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry today vs 10 years ago and who are the more competitive EMS firms when comparing similar EMS providers by size, footprint, end markets served?
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Manufacturing playbook: The standard in EMS manufacturing sourcing costs and price discovery
Electronics OEM companies identify internal EMS manufacturing costs and target cost reductions and savings for their EMS manufacturing programs using our cost modelers. Every cost modeler user has emphasized how thorough and comprehensive our cost modelers are in helping OEM …
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Product cost control and cost reductions in electronic OEM contract EMS manufacturing supply chains
Know what’s important in EMS manufacturing request-for-quote (RFQ) pricing and, how to determine actual, internal EMS factory costs.
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Management by objectives (MBO): Dual-sourcing EMS services vs primary EMS manufacturer with many factory locations
What works for Amazon AWS might be different compared to what works for Dell, HP and others when it comes to trade offs for supply vs pricing of EMS finished goods.
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Component event risks in electronic manufacturing supply chains
Read how being able to properly route actionable, accurate product BOM and component info for timeliness and decision-making allows supply chain professionals to make more informed decisions.
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