Parking lots reveal a lot about EMS company management execution. EMS performance metrics don’t mean a thing but understanding geographic value added revenue (VAR) models can help OEMs get the best price.
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Cost Reductions, Finance
How to select EMS providers: Factory tours, smoke, mirrors
Chasing EMS value with low-volume / high-mix
Well-done high-mix, low-cost EMS work requires strong process engineering, good systems and infrastructure, and experienced management talent. Many EMS companies, particularly in low-volume / high-mix are continuing to lose money …
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Mobile phones: Troubled contract manufacturing?
When the economy is strong and market demand is good, this model will help an EMS provider grow because economies of scale can be leveraged and the manufacturing business and the component business can …
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Electronics manufacturing services value is not cost reductions
Real problem with EMS industry is inability to effectively communicate its value proposition. Pressure on EMS firms relates to the mistaken belief the core value proposition of outsourced manufacturing is cost reductions.
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EMS in recession: What’s different this time?
Today, electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies generate 31% less revenue from networking and telecom than they did …
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Report: Credit crisis hits EMS sector
Going into a recession, the firm states it is extremely hard to see ahead. Company earnings estimates depend heavily on how deep and how long the recession is plus, how much of the world it includes. on the negative side, the shortage of credit, which appears more extreme than in past recessions, could…
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Playbook for IP patent competitive intelligence and better business decisions
Many executives mistakenly do not treat intellectual property (IP) as an asset. Value such as insight into trade secrets and potential competing products can be extracted from competitors when executives …
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Checklist: Private equity risk in electronics manufacturing services (EMS)
How to determine the EMS provider’s true gross margins? What are equivalent net margins? How is operating margin determined and is it sustainable? Due diligence can help you answer these questions and more when investing in, merging or acquiring electronics services providers.
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Outsourcing’s influence on Dell’s manufacturing overhaul
Dell's recent Austin closure and plans for improved operating costs are no doubt influenced by a move to a an outsourcing model that …
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The EMS business forecast – A tale of two scenarios
This outlook is based in part on the macroeconomic forecast data available through mid-February, which formed our most likely scenario: the U.S. would …
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