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Forget outsourcing. Think partnership: partnerships can be better than outsourcing agreements as a way of getting subsystems, engineering expertise, and worldwide assistance when needed.(Cover Story)

A lean enterprise makes sense in these times of increased competition. Lean refers to defining what the customer wants and delivering just that. And the concept of lean helps eliminate activities along the supply chain that do not add value to the final product. Thus, lean methods let companies streamline operations to boost throughput and productivity, while paring cost and redundant tasks. Putting a product-development process on a lean diet may involve collaborating with strategic technology partners.

Such partnerships encourage innovative engineering and manufacturing practices, which help OEMs economically develop integrated systems that fall outside their areas of ...

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