Crash, Recovery, and China - Rand Technology

Dot-com bust causes excess material to hit the marketplace
OEMS and EMSs move to low-cost regions, particularly China
Quality becomes bigger issue as supply chain moves to Asia
Taiwanese ODMs begin to gain power
Creation of smart phone drives cell phone explosion

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