Index

E

Earnings per share, 155

Ease of assembly, 46

Economies of scale, 18, 19, 21

ECR, see Efficient Consumer Response

Education, 9–10, 41

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR), 92, 98, 105–108

80/20 rule, 142, 179, see also Pareto analysis

Electronic data interchange, 96, 219

Electronics manufacturing services industry, 158–160, 184, 205, 212

E-mail, 219

Employee exchange programs, 41, 46

Employee input, 23, 39, 40, 93, 94

Enterprise resource planning, 32, 137

European Union, 57

Execution, 13, 157

Export taxes, 55

Export transaction, 77–78

External defects, 134

Ex works, 102, 103, 185, 216