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Article: Supply chain management gets outsourced.(electronics distributors and contract manufacturers)
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- Purchasing
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- February 11, 1999
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Manufacturing is not the only thing that's being outsourced these days. While contract manufacturers are handling more of the printed circuit board and systems assembly for OEMs, electronics distributors are handling much of the supply chain management for contract manufacturers as well as OEMs. In fact, many distributors say contract manufacturing is their fastest growing customer segment due in part to the supply chain management programs that distributors offer.
Many CMs want to concentrate on their core competency--manufacturing--and rely on distributors to manage supply lines. They also want to reduce their total cost of ownership and procurement cycle time, ...