BTO and CM are top PC supply chain models
By Staff -- Purchasing, 6/17/1999
Factory build-to-order (BTO) and contract manufacturing (CM) will be the dominant PC supply chain models in the next five years, according to a study by Dataquest, a market research firm."We expect to see fundamental shifts in where and how PCs are built, and which companies build them," says Charles Smulders, senior industry analyst for Dataquest's Distribution Channels Worldwide program. "Those changes will affect every business involved in the supply chain from component supplier to the end user. Choosing the correct supply chain strategy will be a prerequisite to success for PC companies," he says.
The study finds vendor factory build-to-order and contract manufacturing will be the most prevalent supply chain models over the next five years. Other models--including vendor build-to-stock, brand channel assembly, and no-name channel assembly--won't be as important.
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