The electronics manufacturing industry is an extremely competitive environment in which the landscape is quickly — and constantly — changing. The critical factors that spell success today may not necessarily ensure a leadership position in just a few short quarters. To stay ahead of the game, you need a crystal ball to tell you what tomorrow's technology and business needs will be. You need the ability to effectively focus R&D and deployment investments. And, you need to build a strong, flexible supply chain to make sure products move from concept to your customers as quickly as possible. You need iNEMI.
iNEMI makes the connection
The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) provides a neutral forum in which you can collaborate with the entire supply chain to develop technology and business solutions efficiently. As manufacturing becomes increasingly distributed, making these connections is more important than ever. As a "virtual" organization, iNEMI adapts to industry changes quickly and provides timely leadership to help you:
- understand and accelerate strategic directions
- define future needs and opportunities
- jointly create industry-standard solutions
iNEMI delivers
iNEMI focuses the expertise of approximately 70 of the world's leading OEMs, EMS providers, equipment vendors, materials suppliers and software vendors on the issues and problems facing the electronics manufacturing industry today. Deliverables to industry include:
- technology roadmaps
- technology deployment projects, business practices and standards development
- leadership forums on emerging topics
iNEMI provides leverage
With broad representation from industry, our members have the critical mass required to make an impact. This is demonstrated through all of our activities.
The iNEMI roadmaps identify key technology and infrastructure developments required to ensure global competitiveness. These roadmaps provide an integrated, comprehensive view of the electronics manufacturing industry, from the smallest components to overall supply chain management. Technology deployment projects focus on identified gaps and coordinate industry efforts to accelerate technology commercialization and implementation of supporting business practices. Infrastructure development projects make sure that equipment, materials, and processes are in place so that you can design new technologies into your products with confidence. Standards projects make it easier for you to create products that are interoperable and interchangeable with other industry-standard solutions, helping to expand your markets and customer base. Industry forums analyze and debate the impact of emerging trends such as optoelectronics and product recycling.
iNEMI reduces risk
For OEM and EMS companies, iNEMI provides an opportunity to create consensus requirements for suppliers to address. Manufacturers can ensure that the technologies and capabilities they need for future products will be available when they need them and, by collaborating, can focus the development resources of the supply base to achieve better results in a shorter time period. For suppliers, there is reduced technology and market risk because they are developing the technologies and capabilities that they know their customers will need. Just as importantly, they know when their customers will need them.
Additional information
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iNEMI overview
2007 annual report
iNEMI introduction (presentation)
iNEMI in China (presentation)
iNEMI projects (updated March 2008)
iNEMI Roadmap overview
2007 iNEMI Roadmap executive summary highlights
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