An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is a company that makes a part or subsystem that is used in another company's end product.[1] Multiple OEMs can be involved in a supply chain.
Examples[]
- Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics - Manufactured 4x and 8x CD-ROM drives for Apple Computer, which then customized and supplied the units to Bandai Digital Entertainment and Katz Media, respectively.
- Mitsubishi Electric - Manufactured Pippin Atmark and @WORLD consoles for Bandai Digital Entertainment, which also supplied KMP 2000 variants to Katz Media.
- Motorola - Manufactured PowerPC processors for Apple (and Bandai and Katz Media), and supplied 28,800 bps modems to Bandai.
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External links[]
- Original equipment manufacturer at Wikipedia
- Original Equipment Manufacturer - OEM at Investopedia
- What is the difference between ODM and OEM? at Quora