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EM Design Chain Solutions
EMoffersdesignchainsupportfor suppliers that provides customer engineers witha host of technical designsolutions,
whichhelpmakeiteconomicallyviabletoreachacustomersegmentthatseekscomplexproductsandtechnologies.Withaccess
toasuiteofdesigntoolsand engineeringsupportfromanypointinthedesigncycle,customers cangetproduct specifications
alongwithevaluationkitsandreferencedesignsthatenableabroadrangeofapplicationsfromconceptthroughdetaileddesign
including new product introduction. EM also offers engineering and technical resources deployed globally to support product
design,billofmaterialsdevelopmentandtechnicaleducationandtraining.ByutilizingEM’sdesignchainsupport,customerscan
optimize their component selection and accelerate their time to market. The extensive product line card EM offers provides
customersaccesstoadiverserangeofproductsfromacompletespectrumofelectroniccomponentmanufacturers.
EM Supply Chain Solutions
EM supply chain support and logistical services provide end-to-end solutions focused on OEMs, EMS providers and
electroniccomponentmanufacturers,enablingthemtooptimizesupplychainsonalocal,regionalorglobalbasis.Bycombining
internalcompetenciesinglobalwarehousingandlogistics,finance,informationtechnologyandassetmanagementwithitsglobal
footprintandextensivepartnerrelationships,EM’ssupplychainsupportandservicesdevelopadeeperlevelofengagementwith
itscustomers.Thesecustomerscancontinuouslymanagetheirsupplychainstomeetthedemandsofacompetitiveenvironment
globallywithoutacommensurateinvestmentinphysicalassets,systemsandpersonnel.Withsupplychainplanningtoolsanda
varietyofinventorymanagementsolutions,EMcanprovideuniquesolutions that meet a customer’s just-in-time requirements
andminimizeriskinavarietyofscenariosincludingleanmanufacturing,demandflowandoutsourcing.
Embedded Solutions
EMEmbeddedprovidesembeddedcomputingsolutionsincludingtechnicaldesign,integrationandassemblytodevelopers
of application-specific computing solutions in the non-PC market. EM Embedded also provides solutions for intelligent
embeddedandinnovativedisplay solutions primarily targeting industrialapplications, includingtouch andpassive displays. In
addition,EMEmbeddeddevelopsand manufactures standard board and industrialsubsystems and application-specific devices
thatenableittoproducespecializedsystemstailoredtospecificcustomerrequirements.EMEmbeddedservesOEMsthatrequire
embeddedsystems and solutions, including engineering, product prototyping, integration andothervalue-addedservicesinthe
medical,telecommunications,industrialanddigitaleditingmarkets.
EM Sales and Marketing Divisions
Each of EM’s regions has sales and marketing business units that generally focus on a specific geography, customer
segment, or particular product lines. The business units offer access to one of the industry’s broadest product line cards and
convenient one-stop shopping with an emphasis on responsiveness, engineering support, on-time delivery and quality. Certain
supportservicesaremadeavailabletotheindividualbusinessunitsthroughsharedsupportserviceunits.Customersarefurther
supported by a sophisticated e-Commerce platform, which includes a host of powerful functions such as parametric search
capabilities for component part selection, bill ofmaterial optimization and component cross-referencing. The platform enables
end-to-endonlineservicefrompartandavailableinventorysearches,pricecheckingandorderingtoonlinepayment.
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