Enterprise Efficiency - OEM Department

India Debates Preferential Market Access for 'Security Sensitive' Electronics

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Sudha Nagaraj Bharadwaj, Journalist
5/16/2013 - The contentious policy decision to grant preferential market access (PMA) to domestically manufactured high-tech products in India has ruffled a lot of feathers. Even as the Department of ...

The Future of M2M for OEMs

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David Wagner, Managing Editor
5/15/2013 - Earlier today at the Blackberry Live conference, Linda Campbell, Blackberry's Director for Strategic Alliances, laid out her vision for the future of M2M. It is a vision where machines not ...

Most recent post: Technocrat... I agree M2M has great promise, I just wonder how it extends beyond cars ? ...

Poll Intro: 3D Printing’s Increasing Political Scrutiny

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David Wagner, Managing Editor
5/8/2013 - Well, that didn't take long. Only months after predictions of the world's first 3D printed gun, the first one was fired a few days ago. And the first legislation attempting to ban it took ...

Most recent post: batye... yes, but in my books it would take at least 10 years... for this technology for...

India's Government Procurement Policy May Have Effect on OEMs

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Sudha Nagaraj Bharadwaj, Journalist
5/7/2013 - India's new National Electronics Policy has made it immediately mandatory for all government organizations to give preference to domestically manufactured laptop PCs and tablet PCs. The ...

Most recent post: Pubudu... Gigi, If there is a such a thing why can't they go for a legal action against to...

Re: Re : OEM Automation, Robotics & Human Jobs

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mejiac OEM Automation, Robotics & Human Jobs 5/19/2013 2:47:11 PM

Excellente article Susan! " it's about using automation software and other solutions to bridge the gaps that exist between product design, engineering, and production to enable new manufacturing processes that can improve efficiency, save...

Technocrat The Future of M2M for OEMs 5/19/2013 4:17:07 AM

Re: M2M

I agree M2M has great promise, I just wonder how it extends beyond cars ?

a.saji Putting M2M to Work 5/18/2013 11:28:22 PM

Re: Re : Putting M2M to Work

@Anand: I think it's a good concept since we need to protect the nature in some way. Nature adds a lot of value which we sometimes do not feel.

Don K Wearable Computing & the Internet of Things 5/18/2013 11:09:05 PM

Re: Internet of things

@SaneIT: Maybe but I don't think they will leak the privacy details just for a call or two. Its not legal at all if they do so. Maybe they might be having all kind of tracing units on for each and ever user but leaking them is not legal at...

Anand Putting M2M to Work 5/18/2013 5:59:23 AM

Re : Putting M2M to Work

Brazil is using an M2M solution to save trees. @Susan, thanks for the post. Its good to know that M2M solutions are being used to save trees. But unfortunatley poachers can detect them because of their size. I really hope we will create miniature...

Pubudu India's Government Procurement Policy May Have Affect on OEMs 5/18/2013 1:40:22 AM

Re: Promoting Domestic products

Gigi, If there is a such a thing why can't they go for a legal action against to a supplier.

Zaius Putting M2M to Work 5/17/2013 11:59:47 PM

Re: the growth of M2M

I still believe the M2M has a lot more room to grow. I hope it will mature to its full potential.

Pedro Gonzales Putting M2M to Work 5/17/2013 1:58:58 PM

the growth of M2M

great article. Although M2m has been here for a while. At this time, we have the computer capabilities and core telecommunication infrastructure to really take advantage of M2M. The example from the Brazilian government to...

nasimson Tiny Transformer 5/17/2013 1:20:52 PM

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@Gigi: So you can proudly say that you are one of the chosen ones. The lucky ones, most probably. From where did you buy the magazine?

nasimson Tiny Transformer 5/17/2013 1:15:00 PM

Re: Ads

@SaneIT: I wish I was one of the people who got hold of the special magazine. Woud surely be looking forward to something innovative from any other company as well.

nasimson Tiny Transformer 5/17/2013 1:11:58 PM

Irony

Well, this is interesting. Yes, optimus prime is most welcome to our world but I hope there is no villian in real life as well. Would be ironic, wouldn't it?

SaneIT The Future of M2M for OEMs 5/16/2013 7:36:06 AM

M2M

Cars are a great example of the direction of M2M. I recently saw a video that laid out what one of Google's robo cars "sees" as it drives down the road. A network of robo cars sharing the view around them could make driving much...

Gigi The Future of M2M for OEMs 5/16/2013 1:11:26 AM

Re: The Future of M2M

"getting support for changes is really difficult and I believe that this is mainly because stakeholders want an idea or concept that's sure to offer a "productive" output. Although, as per Campbell's observations, M2M technology is already...

Gigi The Future of M2M for OEMs 5/16/2013 1:08:35 AM

M2M at enterprise Level

David, thanks for the updates for BB live conference. I suspect that M2M means Mobile to Mobile and not Machine to Machine. Still M-commerce has to not gone further from the childhood stage and it has to develop further like E- commerce. Since...

Zaius The Future of M2M for OEMs 5/15/2013 11:52:17 PM

Re: The Future of M2M

The amount of information that we (humans) have to deal is growing. So, it is always a good idea to delegate things to machine and let them 'talk'.

sherly_mendoza The Future of M2M for OEMs 5/15/2013 10:48:40 PM

The Future of M2M

Linda Campbell is right; getting support for changes is really difficult and I believe that this is mainly because stakeholders want an idea or concept that's sure to offer a "productive" output. Although, as per Campbell's observations, M2M...

Gigi India's Government Procurement Policy May Have Affect on OEMs 5/15/2013 3:13:19 AM

Re: Promoting Domestic products

"it's a brave decision that the Indian government took, this is the best way to motivate the domestic manufacture. And also Indian government has given a great example for the private sector by initially doing this for the government organizations....

Gigi India's Government Procurement Policy May Have Affect on OEMs 5/15/2013 3:07:54 AM

Re: Promoting Domestic products

"This might also encourage other companies to step forward and roll out new products. If they see possibilities, there will be increase in interest and competition. Even, this may spark international collaboration." Zaius, one important thing...

Gigi Indian OEMs Given an Extension 5/15/2013 3:05:20 AM

Re: Extension...Extension...

"Three years of extensions? ....... First, it's three months.. Followed by three more months.. I understand firms might have difficulty becoming compliant, but the guidelines are there for a reason. Providing so many extensions just defeats...

Gigi India's Government Procurement Policy May Have Affect on OEMs 5/15/2013 3:02:28 AM

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"But please tell me how many products (computers/tablets) which are manufactured in India are popular ? Look at Aakash tablet, its been more than a year since Aakash was released, but still people dont trust the quality of that tablet." SunitaT,...

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Thursday July 28, 2011 12:45:52 PM

Thanks, i should get on to my Poll wrap article. Nice talking to you guys.

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:45:36 PM

Thank you, @Sara. And thanks, @Dave, for the great debate. Good topic!

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:45:26 PM

@Sara- It was huge in the 90's and expect it will be again. IT changed the way we ship product, manage inventory, etc

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:45:09 PM

Okay gentlemen, I'm afraid I must skedaddle. Thanks for the chat!

Sara Peters

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:44:43 PM

We had similar problems with global supply chains in the '90s and we were able to fix those with MRP and ERP and other major changes to supply chains in the last decade

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:44:18 PM

I wonder how large a part IT systems integration plays in deciding what suppliers to use... that's just a passing thought

Sara Peters

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:44:06 PM

@Curt- True, but not all countries or other types of geographical concentrations are built the same. But as you point out, this isn't the problem with the idea of cloud manufacturing for a single company. This is the problem of the large scale...

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:42:13 PM

@David, even when there are national concentrations there are generally options within the countries. If you build your product around a component that has only a single source, that's a design decision. It might or might not be a good decision,...

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:41:09 PM

Still, I'm all for doing this. I think it is important to design your suppliers and your in-house talent understanding what might happen.

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:40:18 PM

For instance, there aren't very many places right now except Japan to get certain components for computers. That isn't because other places couldn't make them. It is because other places surrendered the market in order to specialize on somehting...

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:38:33 PM

Basically, this model relies on the belief that certain countries have centers of talent or resources. As we accept this and rely on it, the more you re-concentrate risk as economies specialize.

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:37:05 PM

@Curt- No doubt this is true in many aspects of the company.

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:36:40 PM

Multiple sources of silicon? Awesome. multiple sources of programming contractors? Harder, but possible. Multiple sources of people dealing with your proprietary data to build a new product for you? Frightening to most.

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:36:19 PM

@David, I would argue that cloud manufacturing makes it ever more a question of choice rather than necessity.

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:35:26 PM

@Curt- Well, the thing is that single vendor lock-in happens in two different ways. One way it happens is by choice, the other is by necessity.

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:34:45 PM

It is absolutely true of materials sourcing. Human talent is harder to re-source. that said. The belief is that it will make things less vulnerable.

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:34:38 PM

@David, I think you're making an argument against "Single Vendor Lock-in" on a topic not related to IT infrastructure!

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:34:08 PM

maybe that's not the case with EVERY supplier, but I don't see how it's any worse than the status quo

Sara Peters

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:33:49 PM

@David, the nice thing about cloud manufacturing is that it should be much easier to route around knots in individual hoses. There are thousands of fab operations around the world who would love to pick up emergency work building just about...

Thursday July 28, 2011 12:33:24 PM

It depends on what gets cut and how much you are willing to trust another small shop to pick up with no knowledge of your company or previous products.