Manufacturing & Pricing

Thomas J. Dinges, CFA
The latest update of the IHS Outsourced Manufacturing Database is available. The IHS industry forecast is now revised to reflect slower than expected growth over the next several quarters due to weaker than expected results from most of the major providers. For 2013 IHS now estimates total industry revenues to decline by nearly 4% compared to the prior forecast for growth of 1.6% year-on-year. The forecast is inclusive of the Flextronics acquisition of Motorola Mobility/Google assets, but does not include the pending acquisition of Nypro by Jabil Circuit (which adds $1 billion by our estimate).
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May 23, 2013
TPV reported Q1 2013 results that were below estimates as pricing pressure on older (2012) models accelerated and the weak PC market hurt overall monitor shipments...
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May 23, 2013
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May 15, 2013
Hon Hai reported Q1 2013 results that were below consensus expectations as the combination of slowing growth in major product areas (such as phones and PCs...
Market Insight
May 15, 2013
Wistron reported Q1 2013 results that were slightly better than expectations despite negative trends in the company’s largest segment, notebook PCs. By our estimate...
Market Insight
May 15, 2013
Compal reported Q1 2013 results that were relatively in-line with revenue and income expectations. Revenues in the quarter increased 3.6% year-on-year in local currency as...
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Component Health Watch

  • Collaborative effort by iSuppli application analysts who research component end use and by iSuppli component analysts who focus their investigation on component and raw material supply.
  • Provides analysis on the overall supply environment, considering: supplier health, emerging technologies, raw material issues, component maturities, available and planned capacity,  and current and projected demand.
  • Reports the supplier ability or willingness to accept un-forecasted upsides
  • Affords overall manufacturer lead times for each component reported, with current month lead time given in weeks and the next quarter lead time is presented in graphical format with colored arrows depicting the status of lead time

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Component Price Tracker (CPT)™ is an annual service that provides current component pricing and price forecasts across the three major global regions for high-volume, multi-sourced electronic components. The iSuppli Component Price Tracker examines the most representative part descriptions per component group on a monthly basis. It uniquely affords consistent and accurate pricing information by analyzing thousands of global pricing data points.

  • Annual price tracking service for the most-popular, high-volume, multi-sourced electronic components
    • Over 400 components that are representative of over 20,000
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Electronic Contract Manufacturing (EMS & ODM)

  • What are the key industrial and business trends shaping this industry? 
  • Which EMS/ODMs are winning and losing? Why? 
  • How is supply chain power shifting among OEMs, EMS providers, ODMs and component manufacturing suppliers?
  • Which product segments are growing? Which segments are contracting?
  • What can financial analysis tell us about the contract manufacturing industry? Are any suppliers at risk of bankruptcy?
  • How is mergers and acquisitions activity impacting the competitive landscape?
  • How is the regional manufacturing footprint changing?