Customer-facing teams confront unique challenges, often unbeknownst amongst our internal supported teams. Successfully addressing customer needs requires a tenacity for closing tasks in a fluid environment often operating with loosely defined processes. Understanding the backbone of our process and …
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Program, Project Management
Top-line growth and deeper customer satisfaction with process strategy leadership
Elon Musk: Five rules for new product hardware development
Just because something can be designed or built does not mean it should be. We’ve all seen hardware or equipment that might look cool, but is serves little or no real, practical purpose. The following comment is from Elon Musk …
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Reducing risk in your supply chain: Techniques for selecting and verifying second sources
Best practices for titles and responsibilities wanting robust AVLs and BOMs in electronics industry.
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How to build costing modelers for contract electronics quote pricing analysis
How much should we pay for contract electronics fees and services for our program? How do we determine program total landed cost? How much of the quoted pricing for CM fees and services goes straight to CM profit? How can …
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List of 10 higher costs when sourcing multiple contract electronic manufacturing partners
Hire experienced people and put in place best practices, not practices common in industry. Maintain a sense of urgency and manage costs effectively.
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Contract manufacturing costing modelers analyze more than just CM service fees and quote pricing
Electronics contract manufacturing costing models can vary widely, depending on a number of factors, including the level of expertise of the cost modeling vendor and particular industry experience required for suitable fit, the scope of the project or program, the …
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How electronics equipment manufacturers can reduce cost to manufacture
Electronics equipment manufacturers have a number of options when interested in reducing the cost of manufacturing their products. Some of these include: Contract electronics outsourcing equipment manufacturing programs, certain manufacturing processes or assemblies and sub-assemblies, or components to countries with …
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Pros and cons of standalone vs systems integrated costing modelers for contract electronics equipment manufacturing
When considering cost modelers for manufacturing, are you looking for a standalone solution or do you want to integrate value analysis and value engineering capabilities with other systems like SAP, Oracle, QED, to name a few? Decision-making for purchasing a …
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[Unedited] How Federal Reserve monetary policy impacts manufacturer profits and supply chain costs
Perfect storm of currency debasement, higher taxes and decline in purchasing (spend) power drives manufacturers to focus on cost-cutting and optimizing cash conversion.
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Buying automated conformal coating systems, used equipment for quality circuit board assembly manufacturing
Electronics products can be compromised by moisture, shock, change in altitude and various other changes in product environment. Conformal coatings (urethane, acrylic, silicon, varnish…) and systems, whether for small builds or high-volume and in-line processing, help combat against product quality …
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