Intellectual Property, the Other IP
In this post, we'll discuss Intellectual Property (IP), (not to be confused with Internet Protocol) and how it relates to manufacturing and ownership of electronic designs. Recent involvement with a client that purchased product marketing and manufacturing rights was an eye opener. The client intended to purchase product rights only to discover the purchase agreement didn't spell out details of what they were buying. Coincidently, much of the same information that makes up a product IP is the ideal package for quotation and manufacturing.
You Can’t Say BOM on an Airplane
This is part two of the earlier "Baby, it's the BOM" post and covers what content should be in the Bill of Material (BOM) for electronic contract manufacturing (CM). Most contract manufacturers specialize in adapting to a customers way of doing things, including your BOM format. If the CM makes too many demands about BOM format and content it may be a red flag. I for one have never been an advocate of forcing customers to adapt to the contract manufacturer documentation system. Having said that, it doesn't relieve the customer of responsibility of BOM quality, BOMs written on a cocktail napkin are generally frowned upon, even by me.
New vista-blue.com site goes Live
Vista Blue unveils shiny new website complete with interactive Contract Manufacturing Blog. The new site gives the advantage of an integrated SiverStripe Content Management System (CMS). The CMS makes maintenance of the blog and news sections easy and updates to site content are a snap. We are interested in any feedback visitors have about the site, please leave a comment with impressions.
Baby, it’s the BOM
The importance of the Bill of Material (BOM) can’t be stressed enough in the electronic contract manufacturing (ECM) world. The BOM needs to be thought of as the “bible” of product manufacturing, with authority over all people and other documents, lesser documents bow in presence of the BOM.
Welcome to the Electronic Contract Manufacturing Blog
Hello, and welcome to the first installment of my blog. I hope to share some of my knowledge and experience from the electronic contract manufacturing business to help others. I'm pretty sure that my 25+ years experience in the business qualifies me to lend my advice or at least an opinion on the subject of electronic manufacturing and outsourcing.
Vista Blue Manufacturing Consulting
Vista Blue, LLC
P. O. Box 7112
Woodland Park, Colorado 80863
