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Executive Interviews
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From Starbucks to Foxconn: A competitive supply chain is more than just lowering operations cost and inventories
Gene Tyworth, Ph.D., chairman for the department of supply chain and information systems (SC&IS) at Penn State Smeal College of Business talks with VentureOutsource.com about the skill gaps in today’s supply chain managers and which important knowledge areas tomorrow’s supply chain leaders should focus on. Plus, much more…
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SAE president talks hybrids, electric cars, China, supplier electronics and software expertise
We talk with Dr. Brown, president of the Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE), about SAE’s role and influence in the global automotive electronics sector; trends taking shape under the hood here and abroad, hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and electric vehicles (EV), the importance for suppliers and component manufacturers to have strong capabilities in both electronics and software if they want to be competitive, and more.
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EMS provider OnCore CEO Dan Perez talks defense, EMS challenges, OEM trust, growth
We talk with Dan Perez, CEO of privately held EMS provider OnCore Manufacturing Services. OnCore serves some of the fastest growing and most profitable markets in the EMS sector.
Perez talks candidly about OnCore’s roadmap strengths and challenges managing defense electronics assembly programs, gaining OEM trust, and offers one of the most comprehensive responses regarding battling counterfeit components we’ve heard in a long time, plus more in our open discussion.
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Mark Larson talks Digi-Key, semiconductors, electronics components, distribution
Larson says performance marketing is rapidly replacing relationship marketing. EMS providers and OEMs recognize committed inventory heavily buffered by uncommitted inventory. Semiconductor chips will continue to address increasingly specific needs of customers. Market forces putting severe competitive pressures on local distributors forcing re-analysis of business models.
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IMI CEO Arthur Tan talks EMS, acquisitions, markets and challenges
You will understand in reading this interview how the Philippine-based EMS provider Integrated Microelectronics sees the changing EMS landscape, plans their CEO Arthur Tan has for expansion and more as he shares his vision with you and talks about …
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Celestica CEO talks internal changes, acquisitions, EMS
Celestica has not made any major acquisitions since Muhlhauser took over as CEO in 2006. Things are much different today. Muhlhauser and his team did a good job of managing profitability during this last downturn. However, more revenue is needed to drive …
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The Street on EMS demand, forecast, trends, insight: FLEX, JBL, SANM, BHE, PLXS
As of the posting of this exclusive VentureOutsource.com interview, the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) sector’s most up to date market value is estimated at $233 billion for 2009 (with an annual growth rate of -16.9% compared to 2008) …
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IDC on flawed EMS value propositions, OEM low-cost joker cards, spy games
Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) firms need to engage directly with the strategic leadership of their OEM clients to communicate their potential and then lead the effort to improve the OEM's operations and also to show …
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Mexican labor, law, infrastructure, NAFTA: Steps to develop or save Mexico manufacturing?
Sr. Garcia de Alba, Former Secretary of Economy for the government of Mexico, shares his unique perspective on the challenges Mexico faces and offers insight into the Mexican mindset as he talks about Mexico’s position on the global stage while competing with China; changes he’d like to see in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), corruption and more.
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