| CM |
Contract Manufacturing |
| Consignment |
Kits supplied entirely by customer to be
assembled at CM firm |
| EMS |
Electronic Manufacturing Services |
| ISO 9001:2000 |
Falls under the umbrella of ISO 9000,
which is a set of documents that provide guidelines for quality management and assurance.
ISO 9001:2000, which Able Electronics is certified under,
is the latest set of
guidelines designed specifically for manufacturing companies and
providing for a worldwide
manufacturing standard. |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer. OEMs
partner with EMS providers such as Able to manufacture and assemble products that OEMs
design. Increasingly, EMS providers are becoming "full-service" such that they
are involved from the design stage all the way to completion of a product. |
| Operational Excellence |
Able's value partnership with our customers |
| Outsourcing |
To hire an outside company to perform
manufacturing work |
| R&D |
Research & Development |
| Turnkey |
EMS provider supplies, manufactures and
assembles customer’s product after initial design. |
