DIY Software: What costs should be considered?
Occasionally, we hear that an EMS company is venturing into the development of their own custom software for a specific business purpose....
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7 Ways to Improve Your Cost Model
The best place to start when discussing ways to improve your cost model is establishing a definition of what is a cost model in the...
What’s the secret to an accurate labor model?
At CalcuQuote, we have worked with more than 100 Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) companies across North America and Europe to...
Should you be using Value-Based Pricing?
When most people think of increasing profits, they immediately think of either increasing sales volume (“Sell more PCBAs!”) or cutting...
4 Ways CMs Address a Messy Bill of Material
It happens to Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) companies all the time. A new customer you’ve chased for a year finally gives you...
Five Things to Consider When Deciding Profit Markup for a PCBA Quote
The Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry is a cost-plus industry. So it is very important that you have an accurate...