Establishing and maintaining a solid relationship with your contract manufacturing (CM) partner is crucial to customer service, cost efficiency, quality and product development. Some manufacturers feel that supplier conversation should be focused on product price and product delivery only. At …
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Does Your OEM Contract Manufacturer Conduct Engineering Release Meetings?
As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), the goals of outsourcing work to a contract manufacturer (CM) are twofold: create a high-quality product and maximize your spend. Both of these goals can be successfully accomplished if your CM holds Engineering Release Meetings. …
5 Mistakes OEMs Make When Outsourcing To A Contract Manufacturer
When choosing a contract manufacturer (CM) to bring certain products of your original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to market, you need to be extremely careful. Too often, OEMs want the outsourcing process to begin straight away and end up neglecting certain …
Legacy Products: The Basics Of The 80/20 Principle For OEMs
When you have a product line that’s continually shrinking gross margins or consistently lacking in sales, it is on the decline of the product lifecycle. As the decision-maker at your OEM (original equipment manufacturer) company, when you have a legacy …