Electronics services: Literature

SOA helps electronics companies become globally integrated enterprises and can facilitate more efficient operations and an improved customer experience.

Semiconductor demand remains strong as chips are embedded practically everywhere today; yet, many disruptive trends are pushing companies in this maturing industry to re-examine their business strategies in order to remain viable.

Learn about the competitive challenge facing Japanese electronics companies and steps they can take to become global innovators.

This new IBM study offer insights on the changing ecosystems within the electronics industry and the steps Network Equipment Providers should take to try to survive the coming wave of convergence and consolidation.

With hardware sales slowing as a result of market saturation, mobile device makers may have the opportunity to use mobile Internet services as a new catalyst for growth.

More than perhaps any other, the electronics industry has an endless ability to reinvent and transform itself - it is arguably the world's most innovative, and such innovation should serve it well in traversing today's unprecedented economic terrain.

Electronics industry CEOs share their views on the future of business.

Interview with Christian Seider and Sean Lafferty

Innovative business models for “how to sell” are now almost as important as innovative products - CE manufacturers need to deftly manage their mix of sales channels.

Manufacturers may find a tremendous business opportunity "hiding" in their Service function.

Who's in charge here? In the world of digital convergence, it's the end user

IBM: Stand Out from the Consumer Electronics Crowd with First-Class Product Design

Given the electronics industry’s track record, few would question whether electronics companies are innovative. But when we spoke to electronics industry CEOs in our 2006 Global CEO study, we were surprised to learn just how confident they were.

In this podcast, an electronics expert from IBM describes the relationship between consumers and manufacturers of electronics products.

In this podcast, an electronics expert from IBM describes the relationship between consumers and manufacturers of electronics products.

Andreas Neus, a consultant with IBM Germany and an online gaming expert, explains some of the wider implications of today’s Online Gaming phenomenon.

In this podcast, Hagen Wenzek explains what Telehealthcare is, its advantages, and the current state of using Telehealthcare in the world.

IBM Business Consulting Services conducted the 2004 IBM European supply chain survey with L'Usine Nouvelle magazine. This survey identifies current practices, significant trends and operational performance benchmarks in five key areas of supply chain management (SCM).

Electronics represent a value add for today’s product markets, but electronics companies seem reluctant to choose what appears to be the most promising growth strategy: diversification with new products into new markets.

Just as the Web browser served as the spark for generating innovative uses of the Internet that go well beyond Web browsing, RFID will soon transcend basic asset and inventory tracking, and will become an important aspect of the next generation of connected electronic products.

In the electronics industry, products are similar in general, and every innovation in features or functions can be copied quickly. Moreover, model supply chains are tightly linked and highly competitive. These factors have raised the stakes and eroded profit margins for electronics companies.

IBM researchers identified key areas of success and put them into perspective for electronics companies that want to be prepared for both the best and worst of times -- before they happen.

This survey identifies current practices, captures significant trends and establishes operational performance benchmarks in five key areas of supply chain management (SCM): new product development, supply chain planning, customer order management, procurement and logistics.

A recent directive dictated that by 2007 European Original Equipment Manufacturers will be fully accountable and responsible for the treatment of Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). How Will corporations take on this new responsibility?