Article: Distributors look for recovery in 1998. (includes related articles)(Top 100 Electronics Distributors)(Industry Overview)

Article: New offices for Ernest Slotar. (Supplier News).
Jewelers Circular Keystone;  May 1, 2003 ;     55 words ...Construction began in mid-January 2003 on new offices and showrooms for Ernest Slotar Inc., diamond importers and contract manufacturers. The company cites the successful introduction of the Cut By Gauge Lucere Diamond as the impetus for the...

Article: Buyers are happy, will spend more with contract manufacturers.
Purchasing;  January 14, 1999 ;     476 words ......satisfied with the performance of contract manufacturers and will place more business with...rate the overall performance of contract manufacturers they use as good. Fifteen percent...deeply involved in the selection of contract manufacturers. Forty-six percent say purchasing...

Article: What buyers look for in contract manufacturers.(Brief Article)
Purchasing;  March 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ......to evaluate the capabilities of contract manufacturers (CMs) and recommend which ones...cases, purchasing either selects contract manufacturers or is part of a team that chooses...harnesses to CMs, while 43% use contract manufacturers for sub-system boards and 30% outsource...

Article: Distributors view contract manufacturers differently.
Purchasing;  May 7, 1998 ;     700+ words ......relationship between resellers and contract manufacturers. Just a few years ago, distributors and contract manufacturers seemed to be at each other...resented the fact that contract manufacturers often got the same discounts...

Article: Contract Manufacturers Getting Squeezed
Pharmaceutical Technology;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......more European exposure. European contract manufacturers are getting squeezed by adverse...luck. The problems for European contract manufacturers begin with the erosion of their...Eastern Europe and Asia. According to contract manufacturers we talked with at December's CPhI...

Article: Innovation for hire: contract manufacturers meet the challenge of providing constant innovation and shorter product lifecycles by innovating processes, using new raw materials and servicing new markets like Russia and China.(CONTRACT MANUFACTURING)
Global Cosmetic Industry;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......lifecycles are prevalent among large contract manufacturers. * THINKING LIKE CUSTOMERS Analyzing...plans. * THE INNOVATION PROCESS Contract manufacturers invest heavily in R&D to generate...about outsourcing. Today, cosmetic contract manufacturers play a unique role in the ...

Article: The contract manufacturing advantage: with a broadened scope of products available, contract manufacturers can play a key role in line extension.(Directory)
Global Cosmetic Industry;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......s size. Big or small, however, contract manufacturers can play a key role in line extension...for small or startup companies. Contract manufacturers offer immediate availability of...Larger companies typically rely on contract manufacturers' broadened scope of available products...

Article: Musts for managing contract manufacturers
Pharmaceutical Technology Europe;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......identifying, selecting and managing contract manufacturers. This article suggests that companies...strategic partnerships with a few key contract manufacturers, to provide a higher level of integrated...respond to these shortfalls by using contract manufacturers, (CMs), they ...

Article: Line blurs between 3PLs and contract manufacturers. (Logistics: Third Party Logistics).(Brief Article)
Purchasing;  April 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......cost-effective option for high-tech OEMs and contract manufacturers. As a result, third-party logistics...electronics and high-tech customers while contract manufacturers are increasing their logistics...manufacturing services, there are contract manufacturers moving into the ...

Article: The competence and constraints of brand building for contract manufacturers.(Abstracts)(Abstract)(Report)
Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practicee;  January 1, 2009 ;     278 words ......23pp) Looks at the situation of contract manufacturers of electronic equipment in Taiwan...brands. Indicates the need for such contract manufacturers to evaluate both their own competence...more detail at the affairs of four contract manufacturers (Quanta and ASUS manufacturing...

Article: Contract manufacturers add contract design to their services: increasingly, contract manufacturers are offering design services to the industry. The advantages of this to medical device companies are outlined.(manufacturing)
Medical Device Technology;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An evolution Contract manufacturers have always viewed themselves as...led to greater competition among contract manufacturers. The need to differentiate or expand...lifecycles. On the product side, contract manufacturers have increased their transactional...

Article: Contract manufacturers move to vertical integration.(Statistical Data Included)
Purchasing;  October 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ......rest of the electronics industry, contract manufacturers have been hard hit by the economic...in 1999, the Top 50 electronics contract manufacturers (CMs) will likely see revenues...survey of the Top 50 electronics contract manufacturers indicates that many CMs have boosted...

Article: Contract manufacturers manage risk. (Components).(Industry Overview)
Electronic Business;  April 15, 2003 ;     556 words ......theme throughout the boardrooms of contract manufacturers, which are still reeling from the...all the inventory write-downs, contract manufacturers have suddenly seen the light. He...45% to 50%. At that point, the contract manufacturers realized they had too much in the...

Article: EU guidelines for herbal products could benefit contract manufacturers. (News: Europe).(New Good Manufacturing Practice standards for herbal medicines)(Government Activity)(International Pages)
Chemical Market Reporter;  February 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......herbal medicines could benefit contract manufacturers because of a requirement that herbal...significantly more business to European contract manufacturers with cGMP facilities and expertise...in the proposed EU legislation, contract manufacturers now consider themselves ...