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Original Design Manufacturer

Original Design Manufacturer

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An original design manufacturer, ODM is an Original equipment manufacturer
Original Equipment Manufacturer
An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, manufactures products or components which are purchased by a second company and retailed under the second company's brand name...

 (OEM) that designs as well as builds products or components for sale to a second company that sells it under the brand name of the second company. The second company thus outsources
Outsourcing
Outsourcing is subcontracting a service, such as product design or manufacturing, to a third-party company. The decision whether to outsource or to do inhouse is often based upon achieving a lower production cost, making better use of available resources, focussing energy on the core competencies...

some of its work to the ODM.
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An original design manufacturer, ODM is an Original equipment manufacturer
Original Equipment Manufacturer
An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, manufactures products or components which are purchased by a second company and retailed under the second company's brand name...

 (OEM) that designs as well as builds products or components for sale to a second company that sells it under the brand name of the second company. The second company thus outsources
Outsourcing
Outsourcing is subcontracting a service, such as product design or manufacturing, to a third-party company. The decision whether to outsource or to do inhouse is often based upon achieving a lower production cost, making better use of available resources, focussing energy on the core competencies...

some of its work to the ODM.