The China EV market is still at an early stage but it’s the same everywhere – of the 95 million cars sold globally, electric cars made up less than 1%. However, demand is growing rapidly in China.
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Trends & Observations
Electric vehicle (EV) sales, marketshare, forecast by model, make, country
Robotics demand in China
Compared to Chinese robots, global robotics leaders have better technology in core robotics components like controllers, servo systems and reducers – which are the equivalent of the robotic brain or central nervous system.
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China increasing demand for automation drives robot sales
Higher wage costs, an ageing population and supportive government policy driving China’s economy toward a technology-driven future and automation.
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China manufacturing moves up tech and global value chain
China might lets country move up value chain in tech and electrical equipment manufacturing. Sophisticated manufacturing industries propel China manufaturing sector fueled by its huge and rapidly expanding domestic market for manufacturing products.
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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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Lights-out EMS manufacturing electronics PCB assembly factories
Lights out EMS manufacturing technology exists today but habitual EMS management thinking keeping EMS industry from moving outside its comfort zone at expense of OEM customers.
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Vanity metrics and inventory turns in EMS manufacturing
It is possible for EMS providers to inform every OEM customer what OEM inventory turns are for any given OEM program on a program-by-program basis, at any point in time.
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OEM questions on EMS provider costs, quotes and pricing
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…
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Electronics distributors lose control as pressure to innovate increases
Electronics distribution model is proving harder to manage as control of supply chain slips, shifting to non-OEM components manfuacturers.
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Electronic supplier qualification differs for startup v. large OEMs
Startup, small OEMs and large OEMs each approach their electronics supplier qualification process from a different perspective. For decision makers who already know which services they need, identifying and selecting a list of quality EMS providers can be straightforward.
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