OEMs drive EMS manufacturing workflow accuracy and increase profitability asking these questions.
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How manufacturing supply chains free up working capital and increase profitability
Watson is IBM’s Hail Mary pass: Why its not working
To try and make sense of the constant marketing push for Watson I looked into Watson’s projects. I wanted to see and gauge the success stories, but finding them proved difficult. So difficult I could not find one. But what …
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How to compare Flex, Jabil, Sanmina, Celestica manufacturing supply chain capabilities
“My electronics manufacturing solutions provider just sold me a bill of goods, conveying their manufacturing supply chain capabilities and framing the narrative with “superior supply chain predictability, agility, and visibility”. This is how EMS provider Sanmina positions their manufacturing execution …
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Lights-out EMS manufacturing electronics PCB assembly factories
Lights out EMS manufacturing technology exists today but habitual EMS management thinking keeping EMS industry from moving outside its comfort zone at expense of OEM customers.
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Internal vs external manufacturing cost feasibility analysis in electronics outsourcing
The diagram shows how internal electronics OEM costs are reduced as the outsourced OEM program transitions to vertically-integrated contract solutions providers.
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Hardware startup strategy for electronics design and manufacturing to market launch
Startup executives can refer to this plan to help them review internal depth and scope capabilities against anticipated company capability requirements so they may then determine at what point it may make sense to consider evaluating and engaging a contract product design partner or contract manufacturing partner.
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