EMS Providers: Want to Solidify Relationships with OEMs? Try This

By Logan Wamsley

In the competitive realm of contract manufacturing, there is nothing more important for an EMS provider than earning, developing, and maintaining a rapport with their OEM partners. But due to the nature of the business, where EMS providers are often required to operate on profit margins as thin as 5-6 percent, maintaining such a close-knit…

The Consolidation of the Aerospace Supply Chain

By Logan Wamsley

While each industry can be defined by its own defining features and challenges, the aerospace industry stands apart as being particularly unique — and risky. By 2023, the Airbus Global Market Forecast projects there to be roughly 37,400 passenger and freight aircraft in regular rotation, up from 18,460 in 2014. Despite this growth, however, the…

3 Common OEM Situations that Necessitate Bulk Purchases of Critical Inventory

By Logan Wamsley

All OEMs are well-acquainted with the unique set of circumstances that necessitate a last time buy of critical electronic components. As the lifecycle of OEM products continues to increase against the decreasing lifecycle of electronic components, semiconductors, and peripheral products, last time buys are increasingly becoming the OEM’s method of choice for confronting obsolescence. The…