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Press Announcements
August 18, 2003
Milford Manufacturing Services Invites OEMs to Enter
‘The Looking GlassTM’ Into Extended
Manufacturing Environment
Milford, Mass. – Aug. 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.
“The Looking GlassTM provides a unique
end-to-end system of access and collaboration to instantly
respond to the rapidly changing needs of OEMs and their
customers,” said Ed Price, president and CEO of
Milford Manufacturing Services, which specializes in
low-volume, high-mix projects for OEMs of all sizes
and stages of production.
Through The Looking GlassTM, OEMs can leverage
industry-leading Web technology to:
- View anywhere/anytime access to information about
“where is my product”;
- Simulate “what-if” scenarios for customer
change requests, cost reduction, supply chain management,
ECOs and more in order to guide decision-making and
achieve maximum flexibility;
- Drive the manufacturing process, schedule and supply
chain as OEMs access production data; and,
- Obtain fast, error-free pass-through of information
from suppliers.
“As a result, OEMs are able to make on-the-spot
decisions, drive cost from the manufacturing and supply
chain management process, and minimize lost opportunity
costs to gain superior execution, increased profitability,
improved efficiencies, and a stronger competitive position,”
Price said.
Delivering Competitive Advantages
The Looking Glass™ puts OEMs -- regardless of
size or geographic location -- in greater direct control
over managing the development of new products, moving
newly developed products overseas to high volume production
lines, or fulfilling legacy and build-to-order needs.
When combined with Milford Manufacturing Services’
dedicated New Product Introduction Lab, The Looking
Glass™ dramatically reduces the usual “time
to value” – the return on investment following
ramp-up to production of a new product introduction
– by enabling low-level production runs while
accelerating a complete transfer of knowledge to high-volume
offshore production. Employing such innovative tools
as a live video stream, The Looking Glass™ eliminates
the waste of money, time and resources in re-learning
manufacturing and assembly lessons already encountered
and resolved in development.
“Armed with a funded, multi-million dollar software
and technology investment in The Looking Glass™
– generating significant G&A, staffing, and
materials savings that are passed along to its customers
– Milford Manufacturing Services is clearly a
better EMS contract manufacturer for both OEMs and suppliers,”
stated Price.
Milford Manufacturing Services boasts a 20-year EMS
heritage and an ISO 9001:2000-certified, 110,000 square
foot facility designed and equipped with $50-million
in state-of-the art production equipment for global
manufacturing.
For more information about Milford Manufacturing Services
and TheLooking Glass™, visit www.milfordmfg.com
on the Web, call 508-478-8544 or e-mail info@milfordmfg.com.
The Looking Glass™ is a registered trademark
of Milford Manufacturing Services, Milford, Mass.
Notes to Editors:
- Ed Price is available for interview
- Images of The Looking Glass™, Milford Manufacturing
Services production lines are available for publication
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