August 30, 2007 - Depending on future Hon Hai customer demand, the Company plans to employ approximately 300,000 employees in Vietnam over the course ...

August 15, 2007 - Intel Products Vietnam General Manager Rich Howarth and head of the SHTP Management Board, Nguyen Dinh Mai, committed to ...

They must be convinced it's a win-win situation. Vietnamese think long-term. A bottom line approach or a quick fix may be perceived as ...

July 4, 2007 - A discussion with Saigon Hi-Tech Park president Nguyen Dinh Mai about Vietnam's infrastructure, challenges facing the Park, executive concerns when considering investing in ...

June 22, 2007 - As more sophisticated manufacturing operations begin to open in Vietnam, the country will only increase its ...

The move is seen indicative of a larger picture. Many Japanese corporations including Sanyo, Matsushita, Sony as well as Fujitsu, Toshiba, Matsushita and Nidec, are ...

U.S. electronics manufacturing is not going away. New product introduction (NPI) and low-volume, high-mix programs should play a major role in industries such as ...

May 30, 2007 - The Pacific Basin Economic Council focuses on Asia-Pacific business interests and helps members engage in policy discussions and initiatives designed to guide regional progress. Read what its chairman says about challenges facing companies expanding into Asian markets and more.

Countries in low cost regions such as Asia and Eastern Europe may well be better positioned for many high volume manufacturing product needs. Furthermore, in many instances, these geographies may be ideal for offering a stronger ROI when executives are engaged in high-volume production.

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.