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The hi-tech electronics industry produces a wide range of products. The best known examples are in consumer electronics, but around half of the produce goes to other types of end-products and B2B customers in diverse industries. While the consumer electronics sector is dominated by large OEMs, electronic parts are produced by a large number of smaller manufacturers. The specialist manufacturers form non-hierarchical collaborative supply chain networks (Scholz-Reiter et al. 2010) to produce integrated electronics end-products. These chains are characterized by short-product life cycles, high degree of customization and low margins. To respond to these pressures, a high degree of specialization can be observed in many hi-tech supply chains, where contract manufacturers offer their specialized knowledge and resources to product on-demand products.
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Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2016). Application in Hi-Tech Electronics Industry. In: Supply Chain Configuration. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3557-4_13
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