CMs beef up SCM services

Abstract

These days contract manufacturers (CM) are not just building boards, but entire systems for OEMS. CM buyers are handling most of the day-to-day purchasing for the systems their companies are building for the OEMs. Most OEMs handle strategic sourcing for the systems they outsource. Increasingly OEMs want CMs to not only build a product, but ship it to the end customer. While CMs are starting to do some strategic supply chain functions, they still must work on tactical issues for OEMs.