Diversified product portfolios. Shifting technology standards. Time-to-market pressure. Compressed product lifecycles. Costly supply chain and logistics challenges. Build-to-order (BTO) requirements.

The challenges are many. The modern data center has evolved into a collection of server, storage and switching elements. Although standards and the stability enabled by backward compatibility and interoperability have paved the way for commoditization of computer systems, it is becoming increasingly difficult for OEMs to keep up with the additional demands on R&D resources.

Product standardization is creating a commodity environment that is ultimately reducing computing and storage margins associated with hardware. For OEMs to be competitive, they must grow their product portfolio and stay current with rapidly changing technologies, further burdening R&D teams.

Solectron is able to become an extension of your internal design team. We collaborate with you, taking ownership of design milestones and become accountable for design execution. With extensive experience in complex, BTO and configure-to-order (CTO) systems, Solectron develops a fulfillment strategy to optimize supply chain flexibility. We leverage a lowest total landed cost model to meet project cost and time-to-market requirements.