March 15, 2007 – Bear Stearns published its updated Inventory Tracker which points to a meaningful decline in inventory days in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) or, electronics contract manufacturing sector.
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Trends & Observations
A look at supply chain inventories exiting 2006
Manufacturing labor wage rates released 2006
Relative levels and changes in manufacturing labor wage rates can be used to help managers and executives to partially assess international competitiveness.
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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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Trends & Observations – Jan ’07
The maker of tantalum, multi-layer ceramic, and aluminum capacitors is on an acquisition path. Telecommunications infrastructure is weakening, Chinese-branded handsets perform, EMS and supply chain inventories, consumer electronics, and more.
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Industry Pulse: Flextronics, Celestica, Nam Tai Electronics, Plexus, Benchmark
Read about Flextronics' deal with Hewlett-Packard involving cell phone imaging and the Company's reduction in work force with a facility in France. Celestica updates guidance believed to be partly related to poor performance of Mexico operations, Nam Tai Electronics announces a new CEO, and more…
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Interview with defense provider Sypris Electronics
Sypris defense electronics provider CEO talks about the defense electronics services sector and the top five criteria when evaluating defense electronics service providers.
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Allied Telesis operations executive Scott Clark interview on quality and supply chain management
Read what Scott Clark, vice president, global procurement and operations with standards-based networking product company Allied Telesis, has to say about contract manufacturing, and more…
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Trends & Observations – Jul ’06
Venture Outsource launches Lean Outsourcing seminars and industry-wide online survey, read about recent CIO poll results, and global handset sector demand…
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Trends & Observations – Jun ’06
India attracts Jabil Circuit, European Union's RoHS directive likely to cause headaches, different sales and marketing aspects of the global PC market, health of the handset sector, and more…
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Trends & Observations – May ’06
Growing Nortel business at Solectron, poorly-managed vendors in the PCB industry, growth rate for 2006 handset, and leadtimes issues evolving in passives…
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