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What is OEM? Designing and manufacturing electronics hardware products has evolved into two camps. One camp is the OEM. The other is comprised of contract electronics solutions providers, who often subcontract with each other for the same OEM customer or program. Details below on differences between these firms plus, why you must know, especially if you are looking to reduce or manage your EMS sourcing spends. OEM – Original equipment manufacturer The original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is the brand owner, the company whose logo displays on the final product. Think Cisco, Dell, Samsung, Lenovo, LG, Microsoft, Apple … For example. Apple’s iPhone has the Apple logo clearly visible to users. Apple is the OEM. Apple designs its products, but Apple outsources the majority of iPhone manufacturing production to contract electronics solutions providers. Both EMS and ODM. Apple does this to leverage cost to scale. It's cheaper for OEMs to pay another company (solutions provid...

F&I and point of sale exemption: Is the Point of Sale Finance Exemption available to an Agency dealer vehicle sale? Under the NCCP regulations, “It only applies where the introducer deals directly with the credit provider/lessor and facilitates finance of the vendor’s products or services.” But the vehicle is sold by the Agency is NOT the vendor’s product. Therefore, the dealer will need to align with a broker and work under their ACL or get an ACL themselves. Another alternative is for the OEM’s captive finance company to employ the F&I staff at the dealer and work under their ACL. Importantly, if the customer is financing the purchase online with the OEM captive finance or the F&I staff are employed by the captive, why would the dealer get a commission at all? Showrooms: Unintended consequences will occur for the dealership footprint given showroom traffic will fall by 50 percent as intra-brand shopping vanishes and the time in showrooms should drop by 50 ...

The Missing Link of Partnerships The metrology interoperability gap is closing, but there are still many companies and users stuck in the digital divide, trying to connect the dots. CAD/CAM/CAE has been a collective term and reality for years. The critical missing link that maintains digital continuity and the all-important digital thread is computer-aided inspection. Once you’ve added CAI to your digital workflow, you’re at the doorstep of true model-based definition, which starts with an intelligent 3D CAD model and extends to reverse engineering, automated inspection, and reporting, assembly guidance, product lifecycle management (PLM), statistical process control (SPC) and more. The digital thread concept is big, Olson pointed out and can be overwhelming for some OEMs and job shops to get their arms around. Implementation begins with a commitment to intelligent CAD models and maintaining digital continuity, after which they might tackle model-based measurement for reverse engineeri...

Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADN) (“Advent”), an innovation-driven company in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology space, today announced that it has acquired UltraCell LLC (“UltraCell”), the fuel cell division of Bren-Tronics, Inc. (“Bren-Tronics”). The acquisition closed on February 18, 2021. UltraCell is a leader in lightweight fuel cells for the portable power market with mature products and cutting-edge technology. The portable battery chargers produced by UltraCell are the only NATO-approved fuel cell products Made in the USA (and one of the only two across NATO), with units already deployed in the field by military and security agencies. Three additional NATO allies are currently testing UltraCell systems. UltraCell’s fuel cell products have also been recognized and presented in multiple global NATO events. UltraCell’s technology can use hydrogen or liquid fuels to deliver reliable power at a fraction of the weight of batteries. An UltraCell system is 3x-25x ligh...

MAINTAINING YOUR WARRANTY Automakers tend to be fairly strict about how a vehicle needs to be treated and maintained for warranty coverage to apply. This way, the manufacturer protects itself from issues it has no control over and shouldn’t have to pay for. If a vehicle owner drastically modifies the vehicle, for example, such modifications may not be covered if something directly related goes wrong. The good news is, most modifications won’t completely void the warranty outright. The automaker will likely just deny coverage for the specific issue. Some manufacturers also expect or recommend a specific maintenance schedule. Sticking to this schedule will keep the vehicle in the condition necessary to use the factory warranty without worrying about any coverage denials. Keep in mind, the maintenance will most likely need to be done by a dealership or approved auto garage so the automaker knows the work is done right and with OEM parts . ROUTINE MAINTENANCE COSTS The major le...

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, OEMs have been challenged to provide solutions from design adaptions through to completely new machines. Particularly in the medical field, many of these machines rely on high accuracy, meaning high demand on servo system design. In addition to providing a precision motion control capability, reliance on holistic engineering partnerships have been brought to the fore. Gerard Bush, INMOCO, explains the need for a collaborative approach in motion control development. The Covid-19 crisis has increased demand across a wide variety of medical sectors, not least imaging and diagnostics. As a result, CT (computerised tomography) scanners, used in the diagnosis of conditions impacting the lungs and circulatory system, among other organs and biological processes, have been heavily relied on. As a result, the motion system on which CT scanners are based, being integral to provide control accuracy, have also faced a strong requirement. A CT scanner generat...

Here are  Software Development Team Roles and Responsibilities PROJECT MANAGER Works on a higher level of abstraction and is responsible for budget, risk, schedule, and contract management. It’s highly possible that project managers don’t well-know the product which they are creating. They use different methodologies and are focused mainly on controlling the project. A PM will ensure that there will be no changes incompatible with specifications. PRODUCT OWNER Such a person is close to that of an analyst and concentrates on a product and its features. Their primary role is to take care of business value maximization (suitability of the product to use). Product owners are focused on constant changes because they are using agile methodology. TEAM LEAD Typically, such a role is given to one of the developers, not necessarily the best or most experienced. This person should have leadership qualities that allow for maintaining communication between remote development teams...

Apprenticeships for developers and more at Microsoft and IBM Microsoft Leap Apprenticeship Program started in 2015 with the idea of modernizing the company's approach to recruiting engineers. Participants choose a pathway before starting the program: Business program manager Customer service engineer Data analyst Software engineer Software support engineer Technical program manager User experience designer Several tracks are available only to cohorts in Redmond, Washington, but the software engineer pathway is available in five other cities including Lagos, Nigeria, and Nairobi, Kenya. The 16-week program starts with four weeks of classroom training. Next, participants get a mentor and an assignment to a project team or a group developing a new feature. Participants have included a retired airline pilot, a stay-at-home parent, and a graduate from a coding boot camp. The apprenticeship program runs in cohorts located in a particular city, although U.S. sessions w...

Be part of technology startups that are building cutting-edge products using NLP and machine learning methods to transform the way quality of care is addressed in the healthcare industry. As a full-stack software engineer on the Application Engineering team, under the direction of the management and more senior members of the team, you will contribute to the overall Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by independently completing assigned projects and tasks by meeting established quality measures. The focus of this position will be to reach a competent level of the technology stack and show the ability to master portions of it. The goal of Astrata’s Application Engineering team is to integrate the NLP and ML developed by other Astrata teams into innovative customer-facing applications that revolutionize the way clinical notes are used in the healthcare industry as well as develop applications needed to support these applications. What you’ll do... Software engineer responsibili...

We do magic with a computer!! :) Well, this was one of the comments from my client when I fixed an issue for her. Let me tell you simple job description of a software engineer (not the Engineer, but you can be sure in every phase he/she is involved.) 1. Life cycle of a software starts with a requirement. Requirement Requirement is any real world problem for which the client’s needs a solution. The requirement can be anything like creating a software to manage your money, software to make an app like tinder or Facebook, make a desktop OS like Windows or Linux. a website like Quora. Each of these cater to a particular real world problem, and provide a solution. Software Engineering is not just about writing code, software engineering starts with a requirement , like any other Job, a software engineer needs to understand what your need is , he/she should have expertise in developing solutions similar to yours. 2. ok, I understood, so what’s next ? Analyze and Design. ...

Software Development Team Roles and Responsibilities PROJECT MANAGER Works on a higher level of abstraction and is responsible for a budget, risk, schedule and contract management. It’s highly possible that project managers don’t well-know the product which they are creating. They use different methodologies and are focused mainly on controlling the project. A PM will ensure that there will be no changes incompatible with specifications. PRODUCT OWNER Such a person is close to that of an analyst and concentrates on a product and its features. Their primary role is to take care of business value maximisation (suitability of the product to use). Product owners are focused on constant changes because they are using agile methodology. TEAM LEAD Typically, such a role is given to one of the developers, not necessarily the best or most experienced. This person should have leadership qualities which allow for maintaining communication between remote development teams and for exa...

Software engineer job duties No matter the industry or job title, a software engineer is likely to have specific duties they are responsible for day in and day out. Some of these duties include: ·        Working with others to determine software needs ·        Designing, developing, and testing a system or application based on specifications ·        Creating diagrams and models to help developers build the code needed for the system or application ·        Maintaining the system or application with updates and fixes when necessary ·        Recommending software updates for existing systems and applications ·        Working with developers and other engineers to build software As a software engineer, you’ll work with a client and assess their needs, then design, test, and develop computer sof...

Job Description Summary Travelers are seeking an Associate Software Engineer to join our organization as we grow and transform our Technology landscape. Individuals will work as part of a team to complete basic end-to-end software engineering tasks. Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities Perform basic analysis, development, testing, debugging, configuration, incident investigation, documentation, health monitoring/alerting, and implementing based on and related to user or system design specifications. Work within guidelines set by the team to independently tackle well-scoped problems. Seek opportunities to expand technical knowledge and capabilities. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in work experience. Education, Work Experience, & Knowledge Two years of programming/development experience preferred. Job Specific Technical Skills & Competencies Experience with Java Basic understanding of (Nice to have skill/s) preferred: Github...