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News Release from: Design Chain Associates | Subject: Designchainassociates.com
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 November 2003
DCA Addresses Critical Component-Related
Areas
Design Chain Associates, LLC, the leading independent electronics high-technology Design Chain consulting firm, recently unveiled it's updated website.
Design Chain Associates, LLC, the leading independent electronics high-technology Design Chain consulting firm, recently unveiled it's updated website There are several key areas that today, or soon will, concern every Electronics OEM
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 24 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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DCA expects it's updated website to become a key reference point for both EOEMs who need support, insight, and expert consulting as well as the trade press, who are looking for education and expert opinions.
The current areas of focus are:.
- Wafer Fab Capacity Utilization
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The component supply base has closed many factories and severely curtailed capital expenditures over the past three years.
They have neither the incentive nor funds to add capacity in many areas as demand strengthens.
How will this affect EOEMs? What can EOEMs do? How should they react?.
- Counterfeit Parts
Always a nagging issue, this is set to become an even moren significant problem.
Why will it get worse? How can EOEMs protect themselves? What is the industry doing to mitigate the problem? We maintain a list of resources
- Reduction of Hazardous Substances Directives
The European Union is placing new demands on material composition of products shipped into and within it starting July 1, 2006.
Many EOEMs and even suppliers are not taking this seriously and believe it to just be "a manufacturing problem".
It most assuredly is not; the effects reverberate throughout the design and supply chains.
We also maintain a list of resources
- Tools and Systems
Increasing competition and regulatory requirements put pressure on EOEMs to improve business processes and tools they use to manage components and suppliers during new product development and throughout the product lifecycle.
Today's tools, while much improved over the past three years, leave much to be desired.
We describe the realities most EOEMs live with and, soon, will describe our vision for a holistic and complete approach.
- Business Processes
Aligning Design and Supply Chains has always been our mantra.
Definition and a diligent approach to implementing the right business processes goes a long way toward addressing and mitigating the effects of the key issues identified above.
We invite you to visit our website and contact us to discuss any of these issues.
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