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7 Strategy essentials for electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and ODM providers
11 Reasons electronics manufacturing services (EMS) must restructure
A complex mix of strategies; processes, tactics, systems, and investments need to be aligned with each other for EMS / ODMs to achieve …
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Consumer electronics demand trends printed circuit boards (PCB) downward
This downward trend in printed circuit boards is being felt across other major Asian countries …
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Managing electronics manufacturing projects in a global economy
Finding a common way to communicate with project stakeholders across boundaries at times can be arduous. Language issues can be overcome by using interpreters or, if you’re really ambitious, even learning the native tongue of project stakeholders. Meanwhile, inferences in one language can still be missed when in dialogue with another. For example…
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Tom Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce on outsourcing and offshoring
"The fact of the matter is we insource at least $50 billion more in service work than we outsource. The jobs we gain in the U.S. far outnumber the amount of jobs we … "
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New product introduction (NPI) quoting and the OEM
OEM companies engaged in quoting exercises for new product introduction (NPI) business services with contract manufacturers can expect the capable contract manufacturer to carefully lead the OEM through an established and itemized list of NPI product requirements and processes.
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Purchase order management
While not all contract manufacturers manage purchase orders the same way, the information that follows provides you with a reasonable understanding for what might take place inside most contract manufacturers with regards to issuing; managing, canceling, and filing purchase orders.
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What you should know about quote pricing, purchase orders, and ERP systems
Quote pricing and purchase orders are driven by purchasing, programs management, and materials management departments in the contract manufacturer. Read how these functions drive the process and the role of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
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Contract electronics direct costs, profits and OEM pricing
While there are some common outsourcing manufacturing contract formats, no two contracts are identical and, there is no viable, common platform that can be applied to every outsourcing contract pricing model with regards to either party’s profits.
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Outsource manufacturing contracts and cost reductions
Cost reductions likely be split between the contract manufacturer and the OEM: with 25% of the cost reductions, or savings, retained by the …
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