Apple is believed to have phenomenal product momentum (iPhone 4S, iOS 5), expanding distribution and a solid product pipeline.
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Medical & Instrumentation Electronics
Will iPad 3 get killed by Android and Windows 8?
Full report: EMS / ODM worry about profitability as fall 2011 survey reveals pessimism in electronics supply chain
471 survey respondents from EMS/ODM, Component Manufacturers, Distributors, Electronic Equipment Manufacturers, OEMs and Semiconductor Manufacturers answer questions on the economic situation; employment, inventory levels, business volume, and prices providing insight into the levels of …
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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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Breakdown of electronics end markets served by top EMS providers
Non-traditional EMS markets make up larger portion of business for smaller EMS providers such as Benchmark Electronics, Plexus. Automotive, medical electronics believed to be pivotal components to helping EMS market out of the recession. Also, covers Foxconn, Hon Hai, Jabil Circuit, Flextronics, Sanmina-SCI, Celestica.
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EMS segment performance
The performance of many large, global EMS companies such as Jabil Circuit, Flextronics, Celestica, to name a few, is surely not …
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Acquisition gives Flextronics expanded global footing and capabilities
Until recently, Flextronics’ largest market segment was mobile phones, which accounted for over 30% of revenue. With the acquisition of Solectron this changes the entire landscape of the EMS, and ODM, industries.
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Worldwide electronics industry survey reveals trends and strategic priorities
Managers and executives in industry say what is on their minds about the process of evaluating and selecting outsourcing partners, how they manage their EMS and ODM partners, trends they see developing, and more.
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Supply chain contract delivery schedules, schedule changes, liability
Typically, what many OEMs are presented with from their contract manufacturing partners, with regards to supply chain contract scheduling and schedule changes, allows for schedule changes to occur but there is a limit to the degree of change in manufactured product volumes delivered.
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Medical product design contract services agreement
The following is what a typical medical product design outsourcing contract agreement being presented by a contract manufacturer offering medical product design and manufacturing services.
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Medical and instrumentation electronics contract manufacturers
Contract manufacturers in this space should have extensive knowledge in, and be able to provide valuable guidance with, product regulatory requirements such as Pre-Market Notification (PMA or 510(k)) as well as Notified Body submissions for CE Mark compliance.
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