Alcatel and Flextronics Form Partnership.Alcatel (Paris, France) and Flextronics (Singapore) intend to sign a memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. to outsource the European manufacturing of Alcatel's GSM handsets to Flextronics. The agreement calls for Alcatel to transfer its Laval GSM manufacturing facility to Flextronics, but no financial details have been released. Flextronics will acquire the Laval manufacturing plant's assets and 830 Alcatel employees will be transferred to Flextronics. As part of this agreement, the companies will build a partnership in industrialization industrialization Process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. The changes that took place in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th century led the way for the early industrializing nations of western Europe and engineering, purchasing, manufacturing and logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet . The partnership is part of Alcatel's strategy to consolidate its European GSM handset manufacturing. Alcatel also will phase out GSM manufacturing at its plant in Illkirch, France, which will be organized to manufacture components for the Alcatel Optronics business. This agreement does not affect the Alcatel's GSM manufacturing plants in China. http://www.circuitsassembly.com Copyright [copyright] 2001 CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Media LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control |
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