Comments on: Global manufacturing regions: Which are hot, which are not? http://www.techforecasters.com/weblog/archives/global-manufacturing-regions-which-are-hot-which-are-not/ Read what our thought leaders are thinking, in our every-other-Friday TFI blog entries. Sign up with your favorite RSS Feed service and get an automated alert whenever there's a new posting to the TFI Weblog. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Constantine http://www.techforecasters.com/weblog/archives/global-manufacturing-regions-which-are-hot-which-are-not/comment-page-1/#comment-25207 John Constantine Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:33:38 +0000 http://www.techforecasters.com/weblog/?p=674#comment-25207 What a great world we live in today, when the delivery of goods and services can be scaled to where the business opportunities are! - Use an ODM to design and seemlessly manufacture, - Find a CM near your customer to do final assembly and distribute, or - Engage a 3PL service to handle the expensive warehousing and logistics tasks while YOU concentrate on building a regional business! What a great world we live in today, when the delivery of goods and services can be scaled to where the business opportunities are!

- Use an ODM to design and seemlessly manufacture,
- Find a CM near your customer to do final assembly and distribute, or
- Engage a 3PL service to handle the expensive warehousing and logistics tasks

while YOU concentrate on building a regional business!

]]> By: Glenn http://www.techforecasters.com/weblog/archives/global-manufacturing-regions-which-are-hot-which-are-not/comment-page-1/#comment-25206 Glenn Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:45:06 +0000 http://www.techforecasters.com/weblog/?p=674#comment-25206 When the customer is small and just getting started with their electronics, it is necessary for the manufacturer to be close to the customer. As the customer becomes larger, and the products more mature, it becomes cost effective to move manufacturing to lower cost regions of the world such as China. And in many cases there is the hybrid model where the board level production is done in China and the final integration (box build) is done back here in the U.S. close to the customer. This is the way it's commonly done and it makes sense. When the customer is small and just getting started with their electronics, it is necessary for the manufacturer to be close to the customer. As the customer becomes larger, and the products more mature, it becomes cost effective to move manufacturing to lower cost regions of the world such as China. And in many cases there is the hybrid model where the board level production is done in China and the final integration (box build) is done back here in the U.S. close to the customer. This is the way it’s commonly done and it makes sense.

]]> By: Jon Gilbert http://www.techforecasters.com/weblog/archives/global-manufacturing-regions-which-are-hot-which-are-not/comment-page-1/#comment-25205 Jon Gilbert Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:01:31 +0000 http://www.techforecasters.com/weblog/?p=674#comment-25205 Ironically, Greenland is physically much closer to European and American demand centers than China. At first glance, Greenland might look like a great, strategic location. But distance to markets is only one measure of desirability. Availability and cost of logistical support, local manufacturing resources, and local demand all must figure into site selection too. This is why we see such concentrations in other locales instead. Ironically, Greenland is physically much closer to European and American demand centers than China. At first glance, Greenland might look like a great, strategic location.

But distance to markets is only one measure of desirability.

Availability and cost of logistical support, local manufacturing resources, and local demand all must figure into site selection too. This is why we see such concentrations in other locales instead.

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