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Educational Guide

Modernizing Supply Management by Improving Collaboration Between OEM & EMS Companies

For years, there has been a significant communication gap between electronics manufacturers and their suppliers. This issue is often to blame for many industry woes, from cost increases to needless production delays. It is not a secret: much of the electronic manufacturing industry acknowledges a need for streamlining and expediating. Yet, there is still lingering reluctance to share information, and that remains the most noticeable hindrance to improvement.

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Lack of Trust Between OEM & EMS Organizations

There was a time when many OEMs viewed their EMS providers as little more than temporary suppliers. They turned to the EMS companies to manage unforeseen demand increases.

Time has proven the necessity for trusted relationships between EMS companies and OEMs.

The manufacturing process becomes most successful when there is synergy between companies.

Building a Relationship of Trust Between OEM & EMS Partners

There’s the concern that the transmission of data will result in more questions, which can lead to even further miscommunication or the divulging important company secrets.

Some EMS companies may also feel like they will be the only ones sharing information, or that their OEM may see their openness in a negative light, or otherwise take issue that too much sensitive information may be shared.

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A Little More About
Part Analytics

We’re here to make supply management for direct materials less painful for electronics suppliers & manufacturers.

We are paving the way toward a future with simple, effective, and straightforward collaboration between electronic equipment manufacturers and suppliers. In that pursuit, we’re creating a comprehensive & standardized source of information for supply management.

We draw on deep expertise in sourcing and product design to help electronics equipment and component manufacturers find available parts, manage costs, and limit overall risk to their supply chain with intuitive, easy-to-use software tools.

Automate direct materials sourcing, procurement & PLM processes with AI-powered software that will find available parts, monitor market changes, and provide product cost, risk, spend & supply insights for everyone on your team.