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Thursday, February 25th, 2010U.S. companies that develop products and intellectual property (IP) with military and defense applications are not permitted to sell or export that technology outside of the U.S. It is obviously in the national interest to not provide our enemies or potential enemies with weapons or technology that can be used against us or our allies.
There [...]
Outsourcing or Offshoring?
Monday, February 1st, 2010This article is cross-posted in the Baselodge blog: http://baselodge.com/blog/2010/02/outsourcing-or-offshoring/
I recently read an article that incorrectly defined outsourcing as offshoring. It might be helpful to some readers to review these terms and their proper application.
Outsourcing is the use of resources outside of one’s own organization to accomplish a business need. These resources could be individuals or [...]
Hopeful Signs from the Global Computer Market
Monday, December 7th, 2009A newly released iSupply study on the global PC and EMS market is analyzed in this article at ventureoutsource.com. In Q3 2009 Dell dropped to third in PC shipments behind leader HP and the new #2 Acer (Taiwan).
As we all deal with the recession, the article identifies two encouraging signs about the global economy that [...]
The Reliability Cycle: Understanding the Booms and Busts of Reliability in Electronics
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009The following article was written by my colleague Craig Hillman, CEO of DfR Solutions.
The Cycle of Reliability
The Past
Those who interact closely with DfR realize that we proscribe to the theory of the ‘reliability cycle’. The early years of electronics, 1950’s and 1960’s, were disasters for reliability and led to the establishment of the organizations and [...]
Sharing Large Files with YouSendIt
Monday, August 10th, 2009This article has been cross-posted in the Baselodge blog.
Thanks to John over at Fedcor Global, I have become a satisfied user of YouSendIt.com, a service that makes sharing large files a snap. Those of us in the manufacturing and sourcing industry have frequent needs to send and receive large files. For years I have used [...]