The design and manufacture of electronic hardware equipment products is divided into two primary camps: OEM brand companies and contract electronic solutions providers. This article outlines the electronics OEM brand company business model. I then compare it to the different types of business models in contract electronics solutions industry. I
At 12:01 on Tuesday October 1, 2024 tens of thousands of dockworkers with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) acted on their threat to strike. "USMX brought on this strike when they decided to hold firm to foreign-owned ocean carriers earning billion-dollar profits at United States ports,
Electronics design teams still routinely face one key problem evading the industrial search engine platforms that EEs, designers and hardware equipment companies tend to rely on for success.
Below are some recent thoughts and opinions on what I'm seeing in industry based on client work and feedback from discussions with electronics hardware and equipment manufacturers and investors. For equipment manufacturers in the range of $250 million to $10 billion income, many of these hardware manufacturers are
Peter talks about AI projects in manufacturing supply chains to effectively forecasting market demands, procuring proper volume of materials and supplies, managing budget planning and more.
"Despite many attempts at using policy measures to boost its manufacturing sector, India remains a minnow in global supply chains," according to Gavekal Research/Macrobond on X.com at @Gavekal. The Company further stated, "manufacturing as a share of GDP has stagnated below 15%, behind most other
The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently published one of their staff reports, titled: Geopolitical Risk and Decoupling: Evidence from U.S. Export Controls. As nation states are posturing for technological leadership in the current geopolitical race , the U.S. government is "using export controls to
Electronics product and equipment companies intending to source their printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and box build integration programs to EMS manufacturers can expect to receive quotes from EMS manufacturers broken down into a list of cost inputs, looking similar to the numbered items, below. 1. SMT programming 2. Top
Communicating these twelve (12) expectations early on with EMS manufacturers, before negotiating pricing of fees and services, can help electronics OEM equipment firms set the proper tone for the duration of the OEM-EMS manufacturer business relationship.
The electronics contract manufacturing service contract is an important component of outsourcing when original equipment manufacturing (OEM) executives are tasked with outsourcing their design or manufacturing. The hardware manufacturing contract service level agreement is the most important document in the relationship between the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider and the
This is a sample contract service level agreement used in EMS industry and signed by their OEM customers. Exhibits are noted by subject and not included.