Quality and manufacturing productivity seem to be in a constant struggle. The faster you want to speed up production, the more likely you are to have manufacturing quality issues. Whereas, raising objectives for product quality may be more likely to adversely effect your productivity objectives.
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Program, Project Management
What quality-minded manufacturers want from supply chain vendors
Top questions OEM equipment manufacturers should ask EMS manufacturing partners about KPI performance metrics
Read detailed KPI info here. Read RFQ quote best practices here. Below are key questions electronics OEM equipment manufacturers should ask their EMS manufacturing partners to establish KPI performance metrics for OEM outsourcing programs: What key metrics (operating indicators) does …
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How engineering changes impact OEM customer costs in EMS manufacturing factories
OEM equipment manufacturers already pay excessive customer fees to their EMS and ODM suppliers. With every engineering change order (ECO) or engineering change notice (ECN) any manufacturer wants to be able to analyze impact to time, cost, quality at time …
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Electronic OEM commodity management, and contradictions
“What I find misleading is the word ‘commodity’ it means common materials which are low-cost and highly available.”
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[Documents] Contract Agreement for EMS Medical Device Design Services
This medical design contract service agreement covers clauses, liability and execution responsibilities for regulation such as FDA premarket notification (510(k)) submission, the premarket approval application (PMA) process, investigational device exemptions (IDE), FDA certifications, scope of work, invoicing and payment of …
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[Documents] Contract Agreement for EMS Medical Device Manufacturing Services
This agreement focuses on OEM medical device customer clauses for manufacturing terms, pricing, payment terms, purchase orders liability and forecasting (initial and subsequent), rescheduling, EMS provider delivery v OEM Acceptance, manufacturing device changes, product warranty, customer equipment and components, contract …
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[Documents] EMS Industry
Contract electronic outsourcing industry design / manufacturing agreements, templates, term sheets, audit checklist evaluations, and more for purchase.
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[Documents] Sub-Contract Design Agreement for EMS Provider (OEM Perspective)
EMS providers can sub-contract design or manufacturing to other EMS firms. This OEM perspective offers insight into concerns about third-party EMS provider services.
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Electronics return materials authorization (RMA) and product repair strategy
Ways EMS providers manage customer product repairs and failures and recurring problems under warranty and includes root cause steps and corrections actions.
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OEM hardware pilot build new product launch specs for EMS manufacturing
Hardware new product pilot yield goals and objectives electronics startups and large OEMs can expect with their EMS manufacturing and design partners in the supply chain.
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