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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Ways electronics sourcing, planning drives supply chain management
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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How to qualify your contract electronics manufacturer
Electronics OEMs can learn which criteria are crucial when evaluating capabilities of prospective EMS / ODM partners. Learn to create weighted values that can be assigned to various criteria categories to help OEM companies make better partnership decisions.
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Outsourcing pitfalls: 10 reasons OEM – EMS relationships fail
10 things you should be aware of that can ruin your contract manufacturing relationship and prevent your company from achieving some of its business objectives
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Supply chain management liability indicators and metrics
Extended supply chains emphasize the need for executives to understand how to profit from global operations and how to leverage the knowledge associated with added depth and wider scope. This article lists many indicators and metrics executives should consider when evaluating and managing the performance of extended supply chains.
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Manufacturing problems and alerts
Based on the severity of the manufacturing issue in the contract manufacturing facility, alerts can have varying stages, or levels, of importance such as stage one, stage two, or stage three
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