http://gblms.com/blog Assembly Solutions World Wide Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:11:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Guess what? The cute little 8 year old girl in our neighborhood came up all wide eyed and excited and said “Scotty, scotty (her dad told her I am a Scot) “guest what” I just saw?” I looked at her and noted (1) she came from the vicinity ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=32 Global Manufacturing Services, Inc. is an Electronic Contract Manufacturing business located  in West Jefferson, North Carolina, which is in the Northwestern part of the state and so to visit customers, suppliers and others we gotta travel a good bit. The other day I was heading for Atlanta to take in a ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=31 We are sometimes asked what type things can we do at our factory in West Jefferson, North Carolina.  I have briefly listed the primary items below. RoHS, I.e. lead free assemblies with no up charge or leaded assemblies if that is required.. KanBan and order fulfillment for delivery to you for your ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=30 As the recession recedes a bit, it is tempting to go out and hire a few extra workers to take care of a spat of orders.  But because this recession may go on for awhile, it likely makes more sense to contract out some of your electronic or electro-mechanical assembly ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=29 Now that the economy is improving, and energy prices rising, why would we think prices won't rise on everything except maybe home sales? I predict that prices will rise by 2% within the next six months. Already we are seeing higher prices for the materials we purchase for our electronics ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=28 We take an order from a major corporation and it clearly says on our quote that we gave them; that the terms are 30 days net.  Their purchase order says terms are 30 days.  Then when they don't pay in 30 days, we get informed by their accountant that they ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=27 These are exciting times in the world of lighting and signage. An incredible array of high power LEDs are now available for lighting such as in Architectural design, street lighting and the multi color LEDs are revolutionizing the sign business for outdoor advertising as well as the gaming ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=26 There are some great manufacturing operations overseas and we have long used our partners for good prices, and quality.  But not all overseas manufacturers were created equally and many times small time users think going overseas is a must do, until they discover that only qualified products, quantities and pricing ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=25 Putting finished goods on our shelf, to a specified level, ready to ship when you call for it, is a sort of kanban system. And when we ship to your customer as you send us your purchase orders or releases is a sort of fulfillment service.  Global Manufacturing Services, Inc. ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=24 With this economy down and getting weaker every day, it is causing each of us in the manufacturing business to start looking over our shoulder, wondering which of our suppliers will be there when we need them and wondering which contract manufacturer will be there in the months to come.   ... http://gblms.com/blog/?p=23