The Challenge of Lean Collaboration for OEMs,Contract Manufacturers

摘要

The push to outsource high-tech manufacturing has given rise to a number of electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers, which make everything from cell phones to video games to key components for networking and critical business systems. Among the major players in that space is Milpitas, Calif.-based Flextronics. Like most of its biggest competitors, the company has long since evolved from a pure manufacturer of components to a provider of such value-added services as product design, fabrication, assembly, testing and contract logistics.