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MMS In The News
July 2004
 Medical suppliers looking to outsource but that still
need control over processed may be interested in Milford
Manufacturing Services (Milford, MA). The company uses
an electronics manufacturing service (EMS) production
approach to contract manufacturing. It offers a virtual
extended manufacturing portal called The Looking Glass
that provides OEMs with a start-to-finish system to
access their project. Designed for low-volume, high-mix
production, the system allows OEMs to change dates
and quantities instantly. Manufacturers have direct
control over managing the development of their products,
as well as moving products overseas and fulfilling
legacy and build-to-order needs. Using Milford’s
Looking Glass technology, Haemonetics (Braintree, MA)
reports a 20% increase in productivity.
May 2004
 "CPG manufacturing is most likely to go offshore,
because price and volume are so critical," said
Doug Voiland, general manager of Milford Manufacturing
Services. "Prototype, pilot production, mature,
or legacy (end-of-life) product lines, and low-volume,
high-mix products stay domestically. We specialize
in products that are a coin flip—where demand
doesn't justify going offshore. Our customers can do
a redesign on the fly and save costs getting product
to market." Milford Manufacturing Services is
a contract manufacturer located in Milford, Mass.,
that supplies circuit boards and electronic components
to CPG OEMs. "We offer our Looking Glass infrastructure
to restore information management to OEMs," he
explained. "The software, accessible by browser,
gives them a hands-on view of product going through
manufacture. One of our customers has streaming video
showing the wave solder process for a very critical
procedure." "Contracting manufacturing has
been going on for 15 to 20 years, beginning with IBM
and Digital Equipment. But because we're able to offer
this level of visibility and [because of domestic location]
offer speedier product to market, we can compete."
April 2004
 Contract
manufacturer Milford Manufacturing Services, Milford,
Mass., is looking to provide original-equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) with the first virtual “available-to-promise” capability
in the industry. “We’ve thrown open the
virtual doors and windows of Milford Manufacturing
Services to give OEMs a clear and immediate view into
our manufacturing floor to check all material and manufacturing
availability and demand, ensuring that both the parts
and the capacity are in place to meet their needs,” says
Ed Price, President and CEO of Milford.
March, 2004
The
Looking Glass 2.0 is said to allow OEMs to determine
how to best use contract manufacturing resources when
forecasting demand or responding to an identified need
for additional product within the market. OEMs, in
a self-service module through The Looking Glass, can
determine delivery on a new production order based
on standard requirements, such as the date, quantity
or both. OEMs also can immediately place new orders
if all materials and capacity requirements are met,
and work jointly with the company if system constraints
are identified
March, 2004
The
introduction of efficiencies in electronics anufacturing
services (EMS) has significant cost-saving implications.
Faster, coordinated line operations; rapid logistical
response from suppliers and distributors; and more
accurate data are just a few examples of the ways electronic
manufacturers have improved operations. A global provider
of end-to-end infrastructure availability solutions,
who is accustomed to working with contract manufacturers
for a wide range of manufacturing needs, has found
the virtual portal to be a catalyst in how they manage
and think about outsourced manufacturing projects.
The firm's manufacturing engineer now has immediate,
direct access to information from the manufacturing
floor to the supply chain, including the number of
projects running, total number of purchase orders,
as well as highly specific information such as what's
the status of a particular project.
February, 2004
 Milford
Manufacturing Services (Milford, MA) has opened its
new product introduction (NPI) development and prototyping
lab. The $1 million lab provides round-the-clock access
to equipment and facilities and links to The Looking
Glass, a flexible, virtual manufacturing environment.
February,
2004
 Bringing
the virtual factory online - With the maturing
of Web services technology, Milford is no able to provide
that unusual service: The opportunity for customers
to be fully engaged in the manufacturing process at
every step. “Our virtual manufacturing vision
actually predated the Web and Web services,” says
Doug Voiland, VP and general manager at Milford, “but
we had to wait for the technology to catch up.”
January
2004
Manufacturer uses portal to improve customer service
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Milford Manufacturing, an electronics manufacturing
company, based in its namesake town, claims that its
Looking Glass customer service Internet portal is helping
it regain lost ground and fend off local and overseas
competitors. The portal allows customers to track orders
minutely on Milford Manufacturing’s production
floor, including such detailed information as the number
of parts that have completed each phase of the process
and which supplies are in stock and which or on order.
December
2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services (Milford, MA) has named Douglas
Voiland as vice president, general manager. Voiland
brings more than 25 years of business experience to
the company and has worked with numerous mid-market
business owners.
December
2003
Electronics
Distribution Today - Milford Manufacturing
Services, a highly-flexible, fully-equipped EMS contract
manufacturer specializing in low-volume, high-mix projects
for OEMs of all sizes and stages of production, has
named Douglas E. Voiland to the position of vice president,
general manager. Voiland will be responsible for managing
the day-to-day operations of the organization.
December
2003
Milford Manufacturing
Services (milfordmfg.com) has promoted Douglas Voiland
to vice president and general manager. Voiland has 25
years of experience in finance, business operations
and sales management.
December
2003
Electronics
Distribution Today - Original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) seeking to decrease time-to-market
and control costs through product development can achieve
these goals through a new resource from Milford Manufacturing
Services (www.milfordmfg.com) – its New Product
Introduction (NPI) development and prototyping lab.
December 2003
Milford Manufacturing Services (Milford, MA) has named
Douglas Voiland as vice president, general manager.
Voiland has worked with mid-market business owners to
solve complex business and financial problems, and founded
Abacus Associates, LLC, providing management services
to early-stage and mid-sized companies.
November,
2003
 New
Provider Offers Window on Production and Supply -
The Looking Glass not only gives customers 24x7
status of product builds and shipments, but it also
allows customers to perform their own what-if scenarios
for such things as change requests, cost reduction and
ECOs. The idea is to “return an element of control
back to the OEMs,” said Doug Voiland, newly named
vice president, general manager of MMS... [Read
more]
November,
2003
 Electronics
manufacturing services (EMS) provider Milford Manufacturing
Services (MMS, Milford, MA, www.milfordmfg.com) has
invited original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to “Enter
The Looking Glass™,” a comprehensive software
program that allows customers and suppliers to “see”
into the MMS factory to check the status of their order
inventory levels and items on order.
November,
2003
 EMS
firm Milford Manufacturing Services (www.milfordmfg.com)
is inviting OEMs to “Enter The Looking Glass™,”
a comprehensive software program that permits MMS’
customers and suppliers to “see” into the
MMS factory to check everything from order status to
inventory levels.
November
2, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services, an EMS contract manufacturer
in Milford, has named Andover resident Douglas E. Voiland
vice president, general manager. Mr. Voiland is a CPA,
a graduate of Suffolk University and has more than 25
years' experience in business.
October
24, 2003
…and
Milford, Mass.-based Milford Manufacturing Services
unveiled its NPI production and prototyping lab, which
gives OEMs access to equipment and facilities 24/7.
October
21, 2003
Original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) seeking to decrease time-to-market
and control costs through product development can achieve
these goals through a new resource from Milford Manufacturing
Services — its New Product Introduction (NPI)
development and prototyping lab.
October
15, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services, a contract manufacturer in Milford,
has named Douglas E. Voiland vice president and general
manager. He previously served as a consultant to the
company.
October
13, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services has named Douglas E. Voiland
vice president and general manager. Prior to this appointment,
Voiland, who founded Abacus Associates LLC, had been
a consultant to the company. Milford Manufacturing Services
is based in Milford.
October
3, 2003
…
while Milford, Mass-based EMS contract manufacturer
Milford Manufacturing Services named Douglas E. Voiland
as vice president, general manager.
October
1, 2003
Milford
Manufacturing Services has named Douglas E. Voiland
as vice president, general manager. Voiland will be
responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of
the organization. He brings more than 25 years of business
experience to Milford manufacturing Services.
September
18, 2003
 A
small electronics contract manufacturer says it has
developed an on line tool that gives OEM customers around-the-clock
access to information and control of products throughout
the manufacturing process. “The Looking Glass”
developed by Milford Manufacturing Services of Milford,
Mass., provides real-time information about all aspects
of a product as it is built by Milford.
September
15, 2003
 Minimizing
time to market is more important then ever for manufacturers
and that requires superb supply-chain visibility. A
new manufacturing service called The Looking Glass aims
to give companies a bird’s-eye view of the supply
chain.
August
18, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services today invited OEMs to “Enter
The Looking Glass™” - a flexible virtual
manufacturing environment providing 24x7 online access
to information and control of their product and supply
chain throughout the manufacturing process.
August
18, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services today invited OEMs to “Enter
The Looking Glass™” - a flexible virtual
manufacturing environment providing 24x7 online access
to information and control of their product and supply
chain throughout the manufacturing process.
August
18, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services today invited OEMs to “Enter
The Looking Glass™” - a flexible virtual
manufacturing environment providing 24x7 online access
to information and control of their product and supply
chain throughout the manufacturing process.
August
18, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services today invited OEMs to “Enter
The Looking Glass™” - a flexible virtual
manufacturing environment providing 24x7 online access
to information and control of their product and supply
chain throughout the manufacturing process.
August
18, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services today invited OEMs to “Enter
The Looking Glass™” - a flexible virtual
manufacturing environment providing 24x7 online access
to information and control of their product and supply
chain throughout the manufacturing process.
August
18, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services today invited OEMs to “Enter
The Looking Glass™” - a flexible virtual
manufacturing environment providing 24x7 online access
to information and control of their product and supply
chain throughout the manufacturing process.
August
18, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services today invited OEMs to “Enter
The Looking Glass™” - a flexible virtual
manufacturing environment providing 24x7 online access
to information and control of their product and supply
chain throughout the manufacturing process.
August
18, 2003
Electronics
manufacturing services (EMS) provider Milford Manufacturing
Services (MMS, Milford, MA) has invited original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) to enter “The Looking Glass,”
a flexible virtual manufacturing environment that provides
24 x 7 online access to information and control of their
product and supply chain throughout the manufacturing
process.
August
18, 2003
 Milford
Manufacturing Services today invited OEMs to “Enter
The Looking Glass™” - a flexible virtual
manufacturing environment providing 24x7 online access
to information and control of their product and supply
chain throughout the manufacturing process.
April 2003
 The Looking Glass now lets OEMs determine how to best
use contract manufacturing resources when forecasting
demand or responding to an identified need for additional
product within the market. OEMs, in a self-service
module can: Determine delivery on a new production
order based on standard requirement such as the date,
quantity, or both; Immediately place new orders, if
all materials and capacity requirements are met; Work
jointly with Milford Manufacturing Services if system
constraints, such as material lead times or manufacturing
capacity, are identified; Respond to all market changes
in real time.
April 2003
Electronic Distribution Today
To provide OEMs with the only virtual available-to-promise
capability in the industry, Milford Manufacturing Services
(www.milfordmfg.com) has extended The Looking Glass™ – the
company’s flexible virtual manufacturing environment.
The Looking Glass™ 2.0 now affords OEMs the unique
and direct opportunity to determine how to best use
contract manufacturing resources when forecasting demand
or responding to an identified need for additional
product within the market. In the past, the window
of opportunity often closed while an OEM worked with
its contract manufacturers – through the traditional
and outdated program management paradigm – to
determine if additional resources, materials and capacity
were available to meet increased demand.
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