This article breaks down the outsourcing cost and savings analysis for an OEM outsourcing program while also presenting the contract manufacturer’s cost of performing supply chain management services for the OEM customer’s business.
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Outsourcing & Offshoring
OEM cost reductions in vertically integrated electronics services providers
India SMTA’s Rajinder Kumar on EMS, India, China and more
"There has not been a level playing field when comparing our industry to China's electronics contract manufacturing industry. In the past, conducting electronics manufacturing services has been more lucrative in China compared to India."
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Contract manufacturing in Mexico
Mexico has proven to be a popular location for contract manufacturing products for North American and European OEMs for products that have a quick time-to-market turnaround requirement or high transportation costs.
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China v. India for your product manufacturing
In the Philippines, where the Chinese population is 3 percent, it also manages to control 70 percent of all business. Thailand’s population is 3 percent Chinese, and yet the Chinese control 60 percent of the trade. India does have limitations. It does no executive any good to have printed circuit boards or finished goods inventory in an Indian factory and be unable to reliably move inventory to, and beyond, air or seaport in a timely and efficient manner.
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When outsourcing is not the answer
Medical electronics OEM finds alternative to keep manufacturing in USA and save on tariffs using internal operations analysis to identify costs and savings.
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VO Webinar on Outsourcing Electronics in China Attracts Technology Professionals from more than 25 Countries
Enrollees included a wide range of technology OEM, EMS, and ODM management executives, venture capitalists and their portfolio company executives, investment bankers, supply chain vendors, and various other attendees from more than 25 countries who also participated in the live, 20 minute question and answer period concluding the event.
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