OEM / ODM

Why should you choose ODM/OEM mode other than develop by yourself?

As a developer of embedded systems, the three most important points that you need to analyze are

Risk of Development

The following table will show you the difference among self-research, ODM and OEM:

Objective	Self-research	ODM	OEM
*Project specification*	By customer	Innovate gives professional advice based on the successful cases. This helps customers to make decision.	Same as ODM
*Component selection*	By customer. Most of the components are expensive & unaffordable	Components can be bought from our list of regular suppliers.	Same as ODM
*Hardware/Software design*	Customer need to organize the R&D team which is cost & time consuming	We can create new product as per customer’s requirement in short time.	Same as ODM
*Production and processing*	Customers need to establish special personnel to manage and inspect the production.	Customers need to establish production-line, it need special personnel to manage and inspect the production.	Innovate can complete whole production.
*Product maintain*	Customer need to organize a special team to maintain product.	Customer need to organize a special team to maintain product.	Innovate hold responsible for product maintenance.
*Intellectual property*	Customer’s own	Innovate provides all production file Customer can improve the products by themselves.	Innovate provides complete application development file for both software & hardware module.

This table shows you how you can save cost by opting for our ODM/OEM service.

Cost	Self-research	ODM	OEM
*Component cost*	Component cost at stage of prototype design, will be very expensive	Normal component cost. You can choose uncommon components from our list of suppliers.	Innovate’s finished products: Software/hardware module.
*Development cost*	Need to invest on basic software and hardware, develop necessary test equipment.	Innovate has full set of development equipment and tools.	Need no development tools and equipments.
*Production cost*	The cost resulted from wear and tear of tools and rejected product	Same as Self Research	No production cost for customers.
*Labor cost*	Need to maintain the R&D team after the completion of the product.	Need no development personnel, need production and maintenance personnel.	Not required
*Maintainance cost*	Applies	Applies	Does not apply
*Cost compare*	High	Medium	Low

In order to satisfy customer demands of various aspects, Innovate provides many kinds of operating mode:

ODM

OEM

New Project
Inititation

Define exact
Product Specification

Quotation

Purchase Order

Project Plan:
Component, Performance Index,
Testing, Project cycle

Modification of Project Plan
as per customer feedback

Project Start

Timely updation of
Project process

Submission of Prototype

Hardware: Schematic diagram,
PCB Chart, Gerber, BOM
Software: Source code for all driver files, Boot loader, Production Document

Benefits to customers using Innovate's ODM module

Choose hardware integration
module from
Innovate's OEM portfolio

Check Hardware and Software compatibility with
Customer specification

Qutotaion
and
Purchase Order

Relayout of OEM Board
if necessary

Protypes for
Testing

Benefits to customers using Innovate's OEM module

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