Executive Summary Born out of the vision of two creative‚ technological supply chain trailblazers‚ Flextronics- the world’s second-largest provider of electronics manufacturing services and the largest global manufacturer of cell phones- took form. Tapping into a burgeoning market of overflow manufacturing services‚ this unique electronic visionary busted onto the technological scene‚ through its humble origins. With service offerings ranging from “stuffing” printed circuit boards‚ for electronic
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Company Name: Teradyne‚ Inc. Headquartered: North Reading‚ MA Industry: Electronic Test & Measurement Instruments Manufacturing Year of Founding: 1960 2011 Sales: $1.43B 2011 Employees: 3‚200 Rankings: S&P 500 Company Overview Teradyne‚ Inc. is a leading supplier of automated test equipment and a maker of systems for testing semiconductors. Teradyne have a broad customer base which includes integrated device manufacturers‚ outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers‚ wafer foundries
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manufactured by Flextronics on a contract basis using designs created by its customers‚ the OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers)‚ Phone 4 was designed and manufactured entirely by Flextronics. This new initiative by this EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) is not only a product design initiative‚ but an entirely new business approach that have Intellectual Property (IP)‚ product design and supplier development implications‚ among others. Who is Flextronics? Flextronics is a Singapore-base
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Management of Organizations Individual Case Analysis Flextronics Case; Deciding on a shop-floor system for producing the Microsoft Xbox; What actions should McCuster take to reach a decision? Why should he take those decisions? Its Decision time Flextronics prides in a work culture that values fast and very decisive actions. Jim McCusker is at the epicenter of a task conflict. This group decision making process of choosing a shop floor system has to be completed and fast. Time is running
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COURSE TITLE Developing Knowledge-based International Businesses in Emerging Economies (CMSE11111) EXAMINATION NUMBER B045292 TITLE OF THE PAPER “Using the case of a company based in an emerging market‚ compare its development with the development patterns of domestically owned and foreign owned electronics firms in Asia‚ as described by Mike Hobday. What are the reasons for any differences you can identify? What does your comparison imply about the firm’s prospects for the future
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Flextronics Case Summary Flextronics International case study discusses the challenges that the CEO‚ Michael Marks‚ faces in a global economy where the technology industry keeps changing at a rapid pace. Flextronics is trying to discover a new identity and not just manufacture a product for customers‚ but design and sell a phone to potential customers. Flextronics went from taking the designs from companies and building them‚ to developing their own designs. Marks needed to decide if creating
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Flextronics Case Analysis Team Member: Kerry Cunningham‚ Feng Hu‚ Tian Tian‚ Shuo Zhang Nov. 5th 1. Cause of McCuster’s Dilemma Several organizational factors haves contributed to McCuster’s dilemma: First‚ the Flextronics’s decision makers failed to appropriately evaluate the ability and condition of the organization in bidding for Xbox project and assigning tasks. While it is enticing that this project would bring about good reputation as well as substantial financial gain‚ decision-makers
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cross-regional project team in Flextronics. McCusker should reach a decision with regards to which shop-floor system to implement in the facilities as soon as possible. Main stakeholders in this decision are Mexico team‚ Hungary team and Microsoft. From long term perspective‚ Flextronics needs to integrate the different shop-floor systems present in each facility into one system. The growing complexity and rapid changes facing the business world today makes it imperative for Flextronics to develop an integrated
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significant logistics functions to Flextronics‚ a Singapore-based contract manufacturer. Flextronics was a global corporation with a large amount of employee’s and was already working with other major companies such as Xerox and Dell. Microsoft and Flextronics had previous business relations and Flextronics was the manufacturer of its mice. The rapport and relationship that Microsoft had with Flextronics‚ was a major reason Microsoft decided to go with Flextronics. In addition‚ Microsoft was looking
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Key Challenges in Maintaining a Relationship between LEGO and Flextronics Name: Shanshan Liu Andrew ID: shanshal LEGO Group is the fifth-‐largest toy-‐maker in the world with a complicated global supply chain‚ while Flextronics is a large Singaporean electronics manufacturing services provider. So
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