'Spending dollars to chase pennies' when it comes to OEM-EMS relationships, greed isn't good.(Global Sourcing)

Circuits Assembly | February 1, 2009| | Copyright

In each of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's famous 16th century illustrations of the Seven Deadly Sins, a symbolic animal occupies center stage. In the woodcut made from Bruegel's illustration of Avaritia (Figure 1), greed is represented by a poisonous frog that sits in front of a beautiful woman serenely counting gold coins. The woman is surrounded by hideous creatures engaged in various cruel and horrifying activities. As she focuses exclusively on the number of gold coins in her possession, the beautiful woman ignores the carnage and destruction taking place all around her. ...

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