SEE ALSO How to build costing modelers for contract electronic programs Read RFQ quote best practices here. Read detailed KPI info here. Below are key questions electronics OEM equipment manufacturers should ask their EMS manufacturing partners to establish KPI performance …
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Top questions OEM equipment manufacturers should ask EMS manufacturing partners about KPI performance metrics
EMS manufacturers incorrectly calculate manufacturing labor and process fees for quotes that unfairly raise OEM pricing in RFQ phase
Most people on either side of the quote (OEM and EMS) focus on raw materials because materials is proportionally a larger (always estimated at 65% to 85%) of MCOGs, while the labor falls to a second priority.
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How coronavirus changes manufacturing supply chain spend and inventory management
Manufacturers are rolling back two to three years, any progress they previously achieved toward Industry 4.0 as budgets are re-evaluated and so are new paths forward.
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Avnet adds no value confirms Texas Instruments: How OEMs save and why more component vendors will follow TI strategy
I’ve managed contract electronics divisions for years and noticed long ago the cozy relationship electronics components distributors like Avnet, Arrow, Future, TTI, Mouser and others have with EMS manufacturers. Beyond moving boxes around, distributors add no real value to OEM …
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Costed BOM and materials roll-up for PCB assembly pricing in contract electronics outsource manufacturing
If a contract electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider wants to win your outsourcing assembly program, the provider will analyze your hardware program sourcing and assembly requirements (costs) before quoting a proposal (price) to perform PCB assembly services for you. RELATED …
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Global market share semiconductor industry
Nearly all supply chain market segments are on notice while US-China trade war outcome remains uncertain. For semiconductors, SEMI and SIA both expressed disappointment with tariffs on China and semiconductor-related imports. Stages of semiconductor production Tariffs will hurt US semiconductor …
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4G v 5G wireless printed circuit board (PCB) challenges and opportunities
Read how 5G network architecture brings challenges and opportunities for PCB vendors, contract electronics EMS providers, and telecoms.
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EMS manufacturing metric: Materials work-in-progress (WIP) percent raw materials
Inventory turns are easily, and often, manipulated. Metric focuses EMS provider material purchasing cost and helps manage direct labor, costly EMS indirect labor workflow.
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Hourly manufacturing labor wages across Asia compared to rates in developed economies
Some shifts are taking place in manufacturers relocating operations and supply chains to less expensive countries even thought its costly and risky when moving production. Electronics OEMs and contract EMS manufacturing PCB assembly providers are impacted by tariffs, the rising …
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ERP, supply chain and procurement cloud preferences
Mission-critical tasks or software applications like ERP, SCM and purchasing might be on an organization’s private cloud for enhanced security and availability. Read benefits for each model in this article
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