Nortel reveals initial details of its restructuring program, which calls for a first-phase divestiture of ten operations. Also, Ericsson continues to divest with the planned sale of a Swedish operation to Flextronics. Other examples are covered as well. Plus Dataquest identifies five PC supply chain models and provides a five-year forecast for them. Also, Celestica launches SupplyFlex.
Electromechanical players grab a piece of the outsourcing pie.
MMI lists 11 of the largest electromechanical providers, which start with a core offering of electronic enclosures and can add items such as fans, cables, a backplane and a power supply. MMI presents five potential scenarios to describe future relationships between electromechanical providers and EMS providers in the supply chain. Whoever controls the chain gets the lion's share of the value add. Also MMI takes a second look at vendor-managed inventory and explores a number of VMI issues. Plus a new OEM polls confirms more outsourcing across the board.