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'{{one source|date=June 2012}} An '''original design manufacturer''' ('''ODM''') is a company that designs and manufactures a product, as specified, that is eventually [[white label product|rebranded]] by another firm for sale. Such companiesidxkjwan. Xbxxnc. C xnxxnb n bc someone xbzhzbsbdbdbxbddbbxxbzbbx bzz ZB nazjmznxb ♒️☪️♑️♋️💓♐️🖤📳📳⚛️🈶✡️ allow the firm that owns or licenses the [[brand]] to produce products (either as a supplement or solely) without having to engage in the organization or running of a [[factory]]. ODMs have grown in size in recent years and, {{as of | 2015 | lc = on}}, many have the scale to handle production in-house for the products that are branded by the buying firm. This is in contrast to a [[contract manufacturer]] (CM). This model is especially used in international trade, where a local ODM is used to produce goods for a foreign company that sees some advantage in the transaction, such as low labor-inputs, transport links or proximity to markets. Innovative and/or patented technologies developed/owned by the ODM are another cause for this product distribution model. ODM models are also used where local ownership-laws possibly prohibit direct ownership of assets by foreigners, allowing a local firm to produce for a brand company - either for the domestic market or for export. This type of [[business]] is part of "[[outsourcing]]". For example: [[Compal Electronics]] makes [[notebook computer]]s and [[computer display|monitors]], and operates as a mass producer for numerous brand companies, assisted by low labor-costs, low-cost transport, and the near-commodity nature of the physical inputs (in Compal's case, computer components). {{As of | 2011}}, Taiwanese ODMs made ninety-four percent of all notebook computers.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-and-china-laptop-and-tablet-pc-industry-report-2011-2012-152524185.html |title= Global and China Laptop and Tablet PC Industry Report, 2011-2012 |accessdate= 2012-09-10 }} </ref> ==Intellectual property== ODMs create their own [[intellectual property]] and are very proactive in [[patent]]ing it. Most of their patents are filed in the US, China, and Taiwan. == See also == * [[White label product]] * [[Rebranding#Product rebranding|Product rebranding]] * [[Electronics manufacturing services]] (EMS) * [[Original equipment manufacturer]] (OEM) * [[Contract manufacturer]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Brands]]'