Contract electronics supply chains are filled with risk. Electronics contract manufacturing extended supply chains must take into account product complexity, short product lifecycles, forecast and market demand uncertainty, as many as 300,000+ third-party partners, and considerable amounts of business process …
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Strategies for tech manufacturing compliance and supply chain risk mitigation
20 Ways electronics manufacturers can improve manufacturing supply chain resiliency
In no particular order, below, these suggestions are not mutually exclusive and multiple strategies can be used to improve supply chain resiliency. (Request: 19 Questions for better contracts electronics supplier development) Diversify your suppliers, distributors and sources of raw materials …
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Apple shifts supply chain from China and impact on manufacturing industry
ManufacturingDive reached out to Venture Outsource management consultant Mark Zetter about Apple’s shifting China strategy and what it could mean for the manufacturing industry. Below is the full exchange that took place over email.
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Component event risks in electronic manufacturing supply chains
Read how being able to properly route actionable, accurate product BOM and component info for timeliness and decision-making allows supply chain professionals to make more informed decisions.
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Five steps to avoid getting fired over product change notifications (PCN)
In EMS manufacturing, OEM customer product change notices can contradict previous PCNs given to EMS partners, adding program costs and impacting supply chain cash conversion. Predictive PCN services can help OEMs avoid this.
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How coronavirus changes manufacturing supply chain spend and inventory management
Manufacturers are rolling back two to three years, any progress they previously achieved toward Industry 4.0 as budgets are re-evaluated and so are new paths forward.
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EMS manufacturing profit center: Production vs inventory costs
EMS manufacturers make healthy profit by warehousing raw materials and finished goods inventory (FGI) for OEM customers. Most OEM equipment companies don’t know how to identify these hidden, internal EMS costs (OEM fees) and, EMS providers do not accurately break …
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Costed BOM and materials roll-up for PCB assembly pricing in contract electronics outsource manufacturing
If a contract electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider wants to win your outsourcing assembly program, the provider will analyze your hardware program sourcing and assembly requirements (costs) before quoting a proposal (price) to perform PCB assembly services for you. RELATED …
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Next generation manufacturing: PCB assembly companies face adaptive, technical challenges
EMS providers are habitual thinkers. They do not innovative. Artificial intelligence and automation will force PCB assembly firms out of their comfort zone. Here’s why.
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ERP, supply chain and procurement cloud preferences
Mission-critical tasks or software applications like ERP, SCM and purchasing might be on an organization’s private cloud for enhanced security and availability. Read benefits for each model in this article
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