Flextronics to Manage Ericsson's Mobile Phone Operations.Ericsson Er·ics·son , John 1803-1889. American engineer and inventor who built the first ironclad warship, the Monitor (1862), which engaged the Confederate Merrimack in a famous naval battle of the Civil War (March 9, 1862). (Stockholm, Sweden) has announced a substantial restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). of its cell phone business on a global basis. Flextronics (Singapore) has been selected as the significant partner in that restructuring. Specifically, Flextronics will be responsible for: 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 and new product introduction of Ericsson-designed mobile phones; management of the supply chain on a global basis, including the use of Flextronics-produced PCBs and plastics; manufacture of mobile phones designed by Ericsson; and customization, pack-out 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 . Manufacturing is expected to begin April 1 and will take place primarily in low cost locations. Flextronics will take over all related Ericsson facilities in Brazil, Malaysia, Sweden (Linkoping and Pilangeri), the UK (Carlton and Scunthorpe) and parts of the U.S. plant in Lynchburg, VA. Ericsson's Joint Ventures in China will not be affected. Flextronics will gain 4,200 employees in the deal. However, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ericsson, in Linkoping and Lund, 600 employees will be released. By the end of this year, Ericsson's Consumer Products Division will employ approximately 7,000 employees as compared to 16,800 at the end of 2000. A lighter Ericsson will now focus on research and development, design, sales and marketing. Ericsson's R&D will be concentrated in Lund and Kista, Sweden; Raleigh, NC; and Basingstoke, UK. Flextronics has also been awarded new infrastructure programs from Ericsson, including some of the ENGINE ACCESS fixed telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. systems. Full production is expected in the second half of 2002. In addition, Flextronics is ramping the production of various infrastructure products for Ericsson in Puebla, Mexico, and 3G products at Flextronics' new infrastructure-focused industrial park in Poland. |
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