Identifying Potential Contract Manufacturers in China.
Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
by Tom Lee
Tommy China Business Consultin
The supplier evaluation and selection process for contract manufacturers is substantial and begins with identifying potential candidates. Evaluating electronics contract manufacturers for "1st-cut" consideration is difficult even for well-experienced OEM's. The industry is complex and continually changing:
There are 50 electronics contract manufacturers worldwide with revenues over $200 million.
As our numerous factory audits show, operating performance such a quality and delivery varies considerably among sites, even among sites of the same contract manufacturer.
Value-added services such as supply chain management, product design, DFX engineering, distribution and repair continue to evolve and are also shown to vary considerably in our supplier evaluation work.
Outsourcing to China has grown rapidly in recent years, but other low cost locations in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe continue to build on market proximity and specialization advantages.
TCBC's information network is extensive and continually growing. We have excellent contacts with many large, mid-size and smaller contract manufacturers and component parts suppliers in china. Much first-hand knowledge of their capabilities is gained from our on-going supplier evaluation and supplier selection work.
To stay current on latest industry and contract manufacturer developments, TCBC uses a variety of information sources including directories, industry publications, regional newsletters and country risk assessment resources.
Our growing reputation and credibility among contract manufacturers and 2nd-tier suppliers (i.e., high precision metals, plastics, cables, electro-mech parts) is an important advantage that we bring to every client relationship.
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