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Build-Vs.-Buy In Manufacturing

High tech manufacturers have always faced the build-versus-buy dilemma in procuring “tools”, defined as capital equipment systems for the purpose of design, development, or production (e.g. test equipment). This is a question well worth revisiting, as the wrong decision can undermine the bottom line in a subtle and insidious way -- especially in these hard economic times.
Wednesday 11 November, 2009 07:49 AM

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