2,600+ transcripts from 850 companies text mined reveal popular destinations considered for supply chain relocation. Includes average time to relocated supply chain.
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Trends & Observations
Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia lead supply chain relocation decision short lists
Detailed cost analysis and find manufacturing savings when relocating EMS production programs
For many OEMs manufacturing in China, operating margins have trended down. One common reason for margin pressure is rising labor costs in China. OEMs seeking alternative ASEAN locations can read more here. Anytime OEMs move production, OEM analysis for relocating …
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What is difference between OEM, CM, CEM, ECM, EMS, ODM, JDM, design house contract electronic firms?
Designing and manufacturing electronics hardware products has evolved into two camps. One camp is the OEM. The other is comprised of contract electronics solutions providers, who often subcontract (and compete) with each other for the same OEM customer or program. …
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Moving electronic production manufacturing from China to Southeast Asia?
Info on manufacturing worker costs and wages across Asia, plus detailed info on ASEAN EMS and ODM providers available here.
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Asia labor costs and China manufacturing relocation impact considerations
Compare manufacturing labor costs when moving supply chain operations from China to alternate locations in Asia
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Pros and cons of 3D printing, additive manufacturing in contract electronics
There is great potential for 3D printing to disrupt the $12 trillion manufacturing market. Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing (for private use systems) creates 3D objects layer by layer from a 3D design file (typically in STL, stereolithography format) …
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How corporate materials commodities strategy differentiates and transforms manufacturing
Materials, commodities, sub-assemblies and products built by you, or coming from any part of your supply chain, are referenced accurately, in a timely manner, and tracked – and you build at the best price possible. Here’s how.
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Global medical device, medtech sales forecast
The global life sciences industry revenue could reach US$1.5 trillion by 2022 according to Frost & Sullivan, and driven by innovative partnerships and information technology investments. Global medtech sales in 2016-2022 (US$ billion) RELATED EMS industry documents for medical electronics …
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Global semiconductor revenue forecast by region, components, market growth
The following looks at semiconductor revenue forecasts for the Americas, Europe, Japan, and Asia Pacific and covers discrete semiconductor, optoelectronics, sensors, and integrated circuits; analog, micro, logic, and memory. Revenues are in US$M plus year-on-year growth percent from 2017 through …
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Top 10 EMS providers customer concentrations ranked by revenue
Customer concentration for the top 10 EMS providers below, ranked from top to bottom in order of total revenues. Information for EMS providers is from CIMB and company reports for fiscal year end 12/17, except Flex (FYE 3/18). Foxconn info …
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