EMS provider opportunities for errors and slow, or lack of, execution happen regularly. Every hour. Every day. We identify some key areas OEMs should hold their EMS manufacturers accountable.
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Tag Archives: BOM
Errors in EMS manufacturer OEM quote package pricing and sourcing costs
EMS fallacy of optimizing materials cost of goods sold (MCOGs)
Contrary to popular EMS industry belief, nearly every EMS provider today does not purchase components and materials using procurement economies of scale (volume), across multiple customer programs, in an effort to achieve lower MCOGs for your OEM customer program. The …
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China electronic manufacturing tariffs, USA reshoring, Vietnam, Philippines, Mexico
Some EMS providers are forecasting direct labor in Mexico will be 30% cheaper than direct labor in China in five years. Vietname direct labor is also changing.
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Enough already: Hardware is not hard
Read how the hardware supply chain looks if hardware companies purchase direct from semiconductor firms and components manufacturers break away from the dying grasp distributors hold today?
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Industrial HazLoc, intrinsic safety drives European manufacturing executives
One common theme for each, recent OEM program inquiry above is they all come from European companies positioning themselves to offset EU regional and global economic challenges.
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The #1 Question OEMs should ask EMS manufacturers
Twenty percent (20%) of materials purchases by contract EMS manufacturers are risk buys, on a volume basis. This translates to higher MCOGs for OEM customers and is due to a variety of reasons like EMS uncertainty of optimal materials pricing,
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5 Ways electronics OEMs and EMS providers purchase from semiconductor component vendors
The following 5 scenarios detail how electronics OEM companies and contract EMS providers award purchase orders to semiconductor vendors.
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6 Steps how semi components get on OEM approved vendor list (AVL)
Six critical steps how a semiconductor vendor gets their chipset onto an electronics OEM hardware product approved vendor list (AVL).
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RFQ template cover for EMS manufacturing OEM quotes
Contract electronics manufacturing quote collection form for OEM outsourcing programs.
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Questions for electronics hardware startup founders when seeking investor funding
Investors want to know if your electronics hardware product will succeed and startup founders are thinking ahead.
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