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A Smart Appliance Case Study: Fisher & Paykel

Smart appliance manufacturer Fisher & Paykel is quickly becoming a household name, thanks to an unflinching focus on product quality and technological innovation. To best support its burgeoning product portfolio and aggressive growth trajectory, Fisher & Paykel decided to partner with a global manufacturing solutions provider. Here are three ways partnering with Jabil supported the company's goals.

Healthcare's Digital Destination - 3 Lessons from Automotive and Consumer Tech

Innovative technology has been driving both the automotive and consumer technology industries. As digital health solutions more closely resemble consumer products, the automotive and consumer goods industries can teach healthcare how to develop new products and bring them to market.

Top 10 Digital Health Technology Trends

Seismic changes are coming to healthcare. Macro-trends -- such as longer life expectancy, chronic health issues, a limited number of healthcare workers and escalating costs -- are pushing healthcare into a value-based care system. The market is rewarding those with predictive and preventative solutions, driving the ramp in adoption of digital health's innovative technologies. To gain insight on where we are on this ramp, Jabil Healthcare partnered with Dimensional Research to conduct a survey of more than 420 healthcare professionals.

The Impact of the Coronavirus on the Global Supply Chain

The novel coronavirus first reared its ugly head in the last few weeks of 2019 in China, which accounts for 20% of the world's manufacturing output. As the virus spread rapidly throughout China and the rest of the world, many supply chains became a casualty to it. We trace how COVID-19 has affected supply chains since it first appeared.

3 Ways to Speed Up the Healthcare Product Development Cycle

Healthcare is at an inflection point. Until now, it has been primarily reactive, but now it is becoming more proactive. Providing product solutions for today''s market requires OEMs to be deftly pitched between healthcare''s reactive past and its more proactive future, which requires the healthcare product development cycle to evolve. Here are three ways companies can get their products to market faster.

Autonomous Robots are Here to Transform Retail: From Warehouses to Delivery

Retailers are using autonomous retail robots to serve in a variety of store functions, such as inventory management, warehouse operations and customer experience enhancement. Humans and robots are fusing into a cohesive workforce, which augments the specific skillsets of both parties. But as autonomous retail robots make their way into storefronts and fulfillment centers, what will the future of retail look like?

Why Retail Analytics are Critical for Physical Stores

The right retail data holds the mystery to customer loyalty. But it is difficult for physical stores to reach this retail analytics nirvana. Brick-and-mortar retailers are limited in the number of ways they can offer a customized, convenient shopping experience to every customer. That''s where retail analytics technology can help.   

Silencing Silos with Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

Silos can lead to a "load and chase" approach to supply chain, resulting in excess inventory, component shortages and inadequate capacity. But with Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), organizations can alleviate silos, drive margin expansion and create a basis to strategize for supply chain resilience.

How to Build and Measure a Supply Chain Resilience Strategy

The supply chain is like a series of precariously standing dominoes. If one aspect of the supply chain is exposed to risk, the entire network is vulnerable. Recently, COVID-19 exposed the need for a more resilient supply chain. Enforced with feedback from more than 700 supply chain decision-makers, we share how to build and measure a resilient supply chain.

Real-World Lessons about Supplier Relationship Management

No one succeeds alone -- especially not in a complex and volatile field like supply chain. We had the opportunity to talk to four of our key strategic suppliers about our partnership. Each of them discusses what an ideal supplier relationship looks like and how to build and sustain a partnership that will help your business grow and achieve its goals.

COVID-19 Tests the Resilience and Flexibility of Jabil's Global Supply Chain

COVID-19's negative impact rivals any disruption of global supply chains in memory. It has precipitated both massive disruption within the supply chain and tremendous increases in product demand. Furthermore, healthcare often relies on supply chains built 10-15 years ago, making escalating production extremely difficult. To meet this urgent, life-saving demand, Jabil relied on its people, processes and technology.

The Future of Healthcare? It's Digital.

When we examine some of the biggest technological trends and developments in healthcare over the past decade, the report card on what''s been accomplished is impressive. So is the roadmap for what lies ahead. Yes, challenges remain, but the elements are in place for an enduring transformation. Progress in these six areas will pave the way for the future of digital health.

How to Build and Measure a Supply Chain Resilience Strategy

The supply chain is like a series of precariously standing dominoes. If one aspect of the supply chain is exposed to risk, the entire network is vulnerable. Recently, COVID-19 exposed the need for a more resilient supply chain. Enforced with feedback from more than 700 supply chain decision-makers, we share how to build and measure a resilient supply chain.

A Medical Aesthetic Device Case Study: Candela

Major medical aesthetic device company Candela is on the road to success, but rigorous growth and quality requirements strained its supply chain. Through improvements in their design, supply chain and manufacturing processes, Jabil Healthcare helped usher 11 new Candela products to market in the first 18 months of the partnership - all while maintaining both companies'' strict quality standards.

Understanding Component Shortages (and How to Survive Them)

Since late 2017, companies managing electronic components have been facing challenging times with successive waves of supply shortages, price hikes and lengthening lead times. A major surge in demand on one side and a critical materials and parts shortage on the other strained capabilities to meet demand, especially for more standard passive components, such as multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), resistors, transistors, diodes and even memory. Suppliers were quoting lead times averaging 20-30 weeks-and this is all before the pandemic.

Retail Automation: The Competitive Edge Stores Need

When the U.S. first announced stay-at-home orders in response to COVID-19, people rushed to their local grocery store to stock up on essentials. Toilet paper topped their lists. Within half an hour of official announcements, Americans purchased 192,000 rolls of toilet paper. This was a reality check for retailers around the country. It makes you wonder . . . did our desperation for toilet paper influence a new era of retail automation solutions?  

Is Regionalization the Answer to Supply Chain Risk Mitigation?

COVID-19 has accelerated the need for something that already existed prior to the pandemic: the necessity to develop a more adaptable and nimble supply chain network. 61% of supply chain decision-makers say the ability to respond rapidly to disruptions is most important to their supply chain strategies in the next two years. Is regionalization the answer?

Manufacturing Transfer Checklist-the Devil is in the Details

Transferring manufacturing work is like a trust fall. It's one of the biggest tests in the relationship between an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and a manufacturing solutions provider. Successfully completing such a complicated and delicate process requires hawkish attention to details. Here are four considerations for those planning a manufacturing transfer to ensure a safe pair of hands catches your "fall": planning, communications, materials and testing. 

Supply Chain Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World

Supply chain complexity is at an all-time high. If the ongoing component shortages, demand and supply fluctuations and geopolitical tensions weren't enough, 2020 saw the largest disruption of any supply chain in memory: COVID-19.

To pinpoint how the pandemic will affect supply chains, what effects it has already had and how organizations are changing in response, Jabil partnered with Dimensional Research to survey 715 supply chain decision-makers in seven unique industries.

Successful Supply Chain Risk Management in a Changing World

For decades, cost efficiency and strong commercial outcomes were the focuses in strengthening supply chains. But COVID-19 has proved that approach is not sufficient. With new risks come new mitigation strategies, and companies need to invest in these to survive. Here''s what you need to know to build a risk-resistant supply chain.

What Will 5G Do When It's Ready for Prime Time?

5G wireless. Is it here yet? If not, when will it be here? And more importantly, what are the implications for the evolution of business and technology in the 21st century? Questions abound about what makes 5G a potential game changer, its current progress and what a future with 5G could entail. We answer these questions with some context and perspective.  

Product Lifecycle Management: 4 Tips for Competitive Digital Healthcare Innovations

Competitiveness in product lifecycle management means focusing on risk and change management and paying attention to macro-trends. This creates a proactive and predictive product lifecycle strategy. In order to make products competitive, make sure these four considerations are driving the product lifecycle management.

Jabil''s 2020 Smart Home Technology Trends Survey

More people have brought these devices into their homes, and familiarity with smart hubs and smart products is now the norm. Simply put, the world is becoming digitized throughout all facets of living. And a digitized world expects smart solutions. We've asked 215 decision-makers at companies that produce smart home products about adoption, opportunities, challenges and more to gain a deeper understanding of the current state of the smart home and appliances industry.

Jabil''s 2019 Sustainability Report is now available! The report details our significant long-term environmental commitments, from reducing carbon emissions to minimizing water usage. Beyond environmental responsibility, the report also highlights:

• Jabil's focus on the health and well-being of employees
• our efforts to bring healthcare products to market
• volunteer efforts in the areas of empowerment, environment and education

Audio & Acoustics Manufacturing in Voice Recognition

The smart home speaker market is growing at an astonishing speed. Meeting this growing demand and driving both quality and enhanced user experience requires audio and acoustics design and manufacturing expertise. In this high-energy market, more analysis and thought are required in order to ensure success in system engineering and deployment, causing many original equipment manufacturers to more closely evaluate how they incorporate voice-activated technology into their products.