Successful Industry Adoption
- All major production-based industries have moved to a CM business model, such as automotive, electronics, textiles, and many more
- Apple’s iPhone is produced by a CM resulting in low costs, high quality, and rapid speed-to-market
- Recent (9/5/08) news from Dell indicates that they are trying to sell some or all manufacturing facilities, thus looking to contract manufacturers to cut costs and improve product mix
Proven ECM Success
- Electronics Contract Manufacturers (ECM) have rapidly grown to some of the most successful businesses in the world
- One example, FoxConn, builds a vast amount of the world’s electronics for well known companies such as:
- Amazon
- Apple
- Dell
- HP
- Microsoft
- Motorola
- Nintendo
- Sony