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Updated: 10/11/2008

Playbook for patent competitive intelligence and better business decisions

Many executives mistakenly do not treat intellectual property (IP) as an asset. Value such as insight into trade secrets and potential competing products can be extracted from competitors when executives ...

How US fiscal, monetary policy impacts sourcing decisions

many OEMs are re-evaluating retail packaging operations and opting for postponement; configure-to-order, and pick-pack operations in the US, Mexico, or Eastern Europe ...

7 1/2 ways to win business in China

If you want to create good business ambience, simple gifts from your home state or town go down well – especially items ...

How to select an EMS provider - Part 4

Organizations, like people, contain DNA and the DNA is created over organizational generations. This DNA is imprinted upon all of the ...

Foreign IP strategy for manufacturing executives

Manufacturers in emerging jurisdictions such as Brazil, India, China, and Vietnam become more active in presenting opportunities for joint manufacturing ventures ...

How to select an EMS provider - Part 3

How do you know if your EMS provider is managing his (your) product quality sub-par, adequately or rigorously? A rigorous EMS quality program ...

How to select an EMS provider - Part 2

Price is a critical factor for most OEMs when choosing an EMS provider; however unit price is far from a comprehensive measure of ...

How to select an EMS provider - Part 1

EMS providers requiring higher amounts of working capital to support a given piece of OEM business must charge more for ...

Someone's talking but is anyone listening?

May 11, 2007 - One manufacturer told the Economic Office of the US Embassy that shipping electronics goods from Delhi to the port of Mumbai costs him more than shipping from Mumbai to the U.K.

China: How to negotiate and other Chinese business practices

Contributing writers Marian Stetson-Rodriguez and A. David Wan outline how successful Chinese business relationships are built, what you can do to develop ...

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