Effective enterprise resource planning (ERP) is important so I highlight some industry best practices for specific materials-focused functional groups within providers, along with key responsibilities (and some of the challenges these groups face) that can have a direct impact on effective materials management.
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Contracts & Agreements
Ways electronics sourcing, planning drives supply chain management
Project and program management for electronics manufacturing
Stop losing money. Learn what’s important to EMS providers in OEM-EMS relationships and manage manufacturing supply chain operations more effectively. The following examples are from recent, actual working engagements with program management teams inside EMS providers. Engagements focused on improving program management sense of urgency while paying closer attention to managing the profit center in OEM customer programs.
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Evaluating performance of EMS business development management
Having good marketing and sales, or business development, employees is necessary for most companies to grow successfully. EMS providers are no different except really good EMS business development talent can be difficult to find. More importantly, once found, really successful EMS business development talent can be even more difficult to retain.
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Nine (9) considerations before pairing EMS with manufacturing reps
Human nature makes it easy for us to often avoid the difficult analysis. Just as water travels the path of least resistance, many people tend to make decisions based more on familiarity and emotions. This often means we choose a provider because of a ‘relationship’ and not because one provider is better qualified than the other to manage an OEM program.
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Electronics product flowchart for NPI
Most standard NPI business models contain four turn time variations. These include the standard five-day turn, a three-day turn, a 48-hour turn, and the increasingly-popular 24-hour turn.
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Provider Exclusive: EMS Request for proposals (RFP) that win OEM programs
Framework from which an EMS provider seeking an OEM outsourcing program from a potential customer can follow when submitting an RFP to the OEM.
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Message from Mark Zetter, Venture Outsource president
Thanks to the support of everyone this past year, 2012 was quite a year for ventureoutsource.com. Last year, registered members in our free, GlobalNet community doubled and all Website stats increased sharply.
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5 Rules for effective EMS provider quarterly business reviews (QBR)
You should be able to see metrics improving quarter-on-quarter while also being able to determine whether (or not) what was committed the previous quarter was accomplished the following quarter.
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Four steps to better OEM-EMS contract term sheets – in less time
Legal team support is important and has a purpose, but not for the actual business term sheet itself because no one understands the supply chain better than the supply chain professional who has to make the supplier agreement work.
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价格在选择电子产品分销商时有多重要？
对于一个采购决策者来讲，如何选择分销商影响到整个公司的业务底线……当然还有你，采购人员，的职业发展。本文是由四部分构成的系列文章中的第一篇。在这里，来自亚洲的采购专家王萍，从关键因素之一的价格角度，帮助采购人员对分销商进行分析和评估.
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