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Mark Zetter

The Profit Center in Contract EMS Manufacturing: Warehouse and FGI & Storage Fees

EMS manufacturers make healthy profit by warehousing raw materials and finished goods inventory (FGI) for OEM customers. Most OEM…

2 min readFeb 19, 2020

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The Profit Center in Contract EMS Manufacturing: Warehouse and FGI & Storage Fees

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Mark Zetter

Determining Contract Manufacturing Total Landed Costs

Finding manufacturing ‘should cost’ and lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) versus piece part pricing for OEM equipment manufacturers…

3 min readFeb 19, 2020

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Determining Contract Manufacturing Total Landed Costs

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Mark Zetter

Contract EMS Manufacturer (Internal) Cost vs. EMS Quote Price vs. OEM Cost

Savvy electronic OEM equipment manufacturers never give contract manufacturers a costed bill-of-materials (BOM). How you determine your…

3 min readFeb 19, 2020

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Contract EMS Manufacturer (Internal) Cost vs. EMS Quote Price vs. OEM Cost

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Mark Zetter

Comparing SAP, Oracle, QAD, Kinaxis digital manufacturing supply chains

What if you could find any materials, commodity or component at the best price, anywhere in the world, and once found it is forever…

6 min readFeb 7, 2019

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Comparing SAP, Oracle, QAD, Kinaxis digital manufacturing supply chains

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Mark Zetter

Japanese EMS Providers Face Headwinds

Many small and mid-size Japanese EMS providers are struggling to expand their businesses outside of Japan.

8 min readJun 21, 2018

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Japanese EMS Providers Face Headwinds

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Mark Zetter

India ESDM inhibited by electronics investment and policy

First published by Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, a foreign policy think tank in Mumbai, engaging India’s leading…

12 min readJun 21, 2018

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India ESDM inhibited by electronics investment and policy

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Mark Zetter

How to Compare Flex, Jabil, Sanmina, Celestica Manufacturing Supply Chain Capabilities

Contract electronics manufacturing services (EMS), or electronics solutions, providers think they’re saving money with manufacturing…

15 min readJun 21, 2018

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How to Compare Flex, Jabil, Sanmina, Celestica Manufacturing Supply Chain Capabilities

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Mark Zetter

Electronics Distributors Ripe for Disruption

A growing challenge I see in the greater electronics industry sector is the stranglehold by an antiquated business model. It was just a few…

6 min readJun 21, 2018

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Electronics Distributors Ripe for Disruption

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Mark Zetter

Watson Is IBM’s Hail Mary Pass. But Is It Working?

To try and make sense of the constant marketing push for Watson I looked into Watson’s projects. I wanted to see and gauge the success…

7 min readJun 21, 2018

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Watson Is IBM’s Hail Mary Pass. But Is It Working?

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Mark Zetter

The Four Hardware Contract Electronics Manufacturing Agreement Types

The electronics contract manufacturing service contract is an important document for original equipment manufacturing (OEM) executives…

6 min readJan 24, 2016

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The Four Hardware Contract Electronics Manufacturing Agreement Types

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Mark Zetter

Mark Zetter

Founder @VentureOutsource.com, worked @Flex @/w other contract electronic providers, regional/foreign state govs, banks to assess/create EMS value

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