Our checklist covers electronic design and selection of components, layout of PCBs and specs, assembly manufacturing including processes for THT components and SMT plus, wave solder and hardware and mechanicals, test design (DFT) and more.
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Contracts & Agreements
OEM Audit of EMS Design-for-Manufacturing (DfM) Capability – Document
OEM Audit of Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Provider (16 pages) – Document
EMS manufacturing evaluting booklet includes EMS Quality Systems, EMS Business Model, EMS Design and Production Technology, EMS Supply Chain Management and Materials Management and more.
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OEM Request-for-Proposal (RFP), Request-for-Information (RFI) Template Presented to EMS Provider – Document
RFI template guides electronics OEM companies seeking potentially suitable contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) partners.
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Lights-out EMS manufacturing electronics PCB assembly factories
Lights out EMS manufacturing technology exists today but habitual EMS management thinking keeping EMS industry from moving outside its comfort zone at expense of OEM customers.
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OEM questions on EMS provider costs, quotes and pricing
Answers to handling prepaid material, MOQ and excess material in open-book costing modelsm, how materials ownership changes hands between OEM and EMS and more…
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Contract Agreement for EMS Electronics Manufacturing Services – Document
Focused on materials liability management and sourcing electronics manufacturing cost reductions and EMS pricing, this document reveals purchase order variances and cost strategy,and percentages for EMS pricing methodologies for materials, test and much more.
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Contract Agreement for EMS Electronics Design Services – Document
This document gives OEM decisions makers insight into types of clauses, terms and concerns providers offering electronics product design services might present to OEMs during first-phase discussion when negotiating electronics product design contract agreements.
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OEM Request-for-Quote (RFQ) Conditions & Strategy Presented to Contract Electronics Provider Pre Quote Pricing – Document
Concerns expressed by OEM professionals to Venture Outsource over the years when OEMs are engaged in request-for-quote (RFQ) process with EMS providers.
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EMS provider secretive demeanor preventing better OEM relationships
Is EMS open-book pricing typically offered without OEMs having to ask? Or do OEMs have to ask for it? Do most EMS providers sit at the table with prospects with an us v. them mentality?
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VentureOutsource US Supreme Court case reference and other noteworthy mentions
From manufacturing supply chain litigation before the US Supreme Court and related breach of supplier contracts to fiduciary documents for The Federal Reserve, roadmaps for international trade bodies, and investor and enterprise organizations with interest in contract electronics manufacturing supply …
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