Tag Archives: RFQ

Top 10 EMS Providers in USA Southeast – 2016

Top 10 2016 EMS providers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia as voted by industry peers.
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Is FLEX product development and scale embedded in EMS reality?

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Flex, like all solutions providers, has lost customers to competitors. Whether a provider has dozens of facilities or just a few, OEMs should go into discussions knowing not ever provider factory or functional department is firing on all cylinders.
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Thin margin myth in EMS manufacturing

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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.
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Contract manufacturing NRE strategy for electronic OEMs

Non-recurring engineering (NRE) tips for OEMs working with contract electronics solutions providers. Your approach to NRE can vary depending on program size and your financial objectives.
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Electronic new product introduction (NPI) feasibility vs. cost reductions and price erosion

Do OEM decision makers spend valuable time reducing cost on existing products or do you spend your scarce R&D resources on introducing new products?
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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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OEM engineering product development and design validation in electronic EMS manufacturing

Tests your EMS or ODM partner will perform to make sure your electronics product is ready for manufacturing depending on product complexity, special testing requirements, unique or custom components…
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EMS Provider perspective: Managing end-of-life (EOL) product lifecycle management (PLM)

Includes steps and activities for department employees in engineering, quality, program management, testing, procurement, planning and logistics, funding and more.
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How to OEM request PCB assembly quotes (RFQ) for EMS manufacturing

Your current EMS provider just missed a shipment to one of your important customers because of ongoing, internal EMS systems test yield issues. You realize you now have to prepare RFQs for alternative providers because your company reputation is on the line.
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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.
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