Answers to handling prepaid material, MOQ and excess material in open-book costing modelsm, how materials ownership changes hands between OEM and EMS and more…
Read more
Tag Archives: Cost Models
OEM questions on EMS provider costs, quotes and pricing
Contract electronics attracts limited partnership investment, middle market management buyouts for high-mix, non-traditional EMS
Contract electronics EMS firms seeking to be acquired often have a higher than industry average debt-to-equity ratio.
Read more
EMS differentiation: Equal opportunity challenge for every contract electronics solutions provider
We reached out to more than 5,000 EMS industry professionals with the statement: Describe the competitive differentiation that sets your company apart from other electronics services companies you compete with in the marketplace.
Read more
Thin margin myth in EMS manufacturing
Why EMS sales convinces OEMs that EMS margins are thin and how OEM customers continue to pay extra for lack of real risk decisioning by EMS management.
Read more
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.
Read more
How to OEM request BOM quotes (RFQ) for EMS manufacturing
A BOM RFQ letter to help validate electronic OEM program business assumptions and select suitable EMS providers for complete turn key contract electronics.
Read more
Total landed cost considerations for OEM electronics outsourcing
Identify who your stakeholders are and keep them informed then seek EMS providers that excel in areas you do not so you can focus on creating synergies.
Read more
Electronic assembly manufacturing feasibility, due diligence and strategy
VentureOutsource.com content is based on first-hand executive operating experience managing contract electronics manufacturing costs and accompanied by fact-based analysis. Performance of electronics assembly manufacturing services companies can vary from factory to factory, even within the same firm. To dig into this further, …
Read more
14 Steps how OEMs select contract electronic manufacturing (EMS) partners
Every electronics OEM outsourcing program is different. Highlights for key, internal OEM discussions when considering EMS partners are detailed in outline format.
Read more
OEM BOMs and eight (8) improvement opportunities in contract electronics
Contract electronic manufacturers frequently take the OEM’s data and create new part numbers in the CM’s product documentation management system. This creates issues and errors for a number of reasons.
Read more
