Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The company's contract manufacturer, Colorado-based Vergent Products, will fill orders from value-added resellers and for pilot programs with potential new OEM partners. More than 40 members invested, putting up as little as $10,000 and as much as $500,000 each. Existing investors and new investors contributed another $1 million.

Finance 14

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Likewise, companies like PCH International and Dragon Innovation are now available to manage contract manufacturing and otherwise “make manufacturing feel easy” to entrepreneurs or small companies, as noted by The Wall Street Journal’s Chris Mims last year.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2012

Nine years ago, when Shammy Khan took a job at a contract manufacturer based in Texas, he knew it wasn't the perfect job for him. By finding other ways to spend time doing what he enjoys most — learning, teaching others, spending time with people — he believes he can boost that up to an 8 or 9.

Contract Manufacturing 20

Contract Manufacturing Case Study Delegation Learning-by-Doing 20

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Henry Chasen,* a director at a contract manufacturing company, managed Sean* for more than 15 years. Shy away from giving feedback — instead ask for the perfectionist's advice on how to deliver it. Case Study #1: Find a better job fit. Sean was good at his job but he often rubbed Henry the wrong way.

Kaplan 16

Kaplan Management How To Self-aware 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Technologies like additive manufacturing are often making it easier to produce highly tailored products at small scale. Where products still require large scale manufacturing facility, small product vendors can connect much more easily with large scale contract manufacturers and coordinate manufacturing activity at a distance.

Mass Marketing 15

Mass Marketing Technology Contract Manufacturing Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” While we don’t suggest that companies bring such operations in-house, they can bring them closer.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The resulting challenges may include new contract-manufacturing relationships, which can be a complicated and disorienting process for the uninitiated. Operations. When product-based companies add services and connectivity, operational requirements increase.

Products 10

Products Productivity Company Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Last year, networking giant Cisco Systems worked with one of its contract manufacturers in Malaysia to deploy 1,500 energy and temperature sensors on its manufacturing equipment.

Energy 8

Energy Company Supply Chain Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Therefore, contract manufacturers that perform 3D printing such as Shapeways generally wait to fill a batch that uses the entire build room. Printing just one part raises unit cost considerably; so economies of scale do matter.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Tacit Knowledge Contract Manufacturing Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2015

An entrepreneur can rent computing capacity from Amazon Web Services, find skilled designers via eLance, accelerate software development with GitHub, place targeted advertisements on Google or Facebook, and tap into a legion of contract manufacturers.

Innovation 8

Innovation Business Model Software Contract Manufacturing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Fortunately, India now boasts a vibrant ecosystem of third party contract manufacturers (CMOs) who produce consumer goods in India for both Indian and global companies. This does not automatically mean companies should be investing large sums in an Indian factory, however.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Marketing Contract Manufacturing Venture Funding 8

HR Digest

DECEMBER 5, 2018

is North America's leading contract manufacturer of electrical motors and generators, used in the rail transportation, transit, oil & gas, From Indeed - Wed, 05 Dec 2018 17:41:25 GMT - View all Plattsburgh, NY jobs. IEC Holden Inc*. Welder/Assembler - IEC Holden - Plattsburgh, NY.

Contract Manufacturing 40

Contract Manufacturing Transportation 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Jabil, the giant contract manufacturer, has been buying up numerous printers and integrating them into its sophisticated supply-chain software platform. Pan-industrials could eventually create dominant ecosystems based on their integration platforms.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Software Learning Curve 13