The Full form of OEM is Original Equipment Manufacturer. OEM refers to a company that uses the components in its end products which are manufactured by other companies or re-brands the manufacturer’s product to sell it under its own name. Or, we can say that OEM is a company that produces equipment’s and components that may be marketed by another manufacturer. For example, Schneider, a German company, manufactures parts and equipment for OEMs including Dell, Google, Apple, Huawei and Nintendo. Most of the PC vendors such as Lenovo, HP and Dell who don’t have their own manufacturing units are OEMs.
They assemble the parts and components of the manufacturer and brand the end product with their own logo. OEM refers to something that is specifically made for the original product, while the aftermarket refers to the parts and equipment made by another company that a consumer may use as a replacement. While an OEM is similar to a value-added re-seller (VAR), it specifically refers to the act of branding a product by a company to its own name and offering its own support, warranty and licensing of the product. The term sometimes causes ambiguity because OEMs are not the original manufacturers; they customize the original product.
Fomu kamili ya OEM ni Mtengenezaji wa Vifaa vya Asili. OEM ni kampuni inayotumia vifaa katika bidhaa zake za mwisho ambazo hutengenezwa na kampuni nyingine au rebrands bidhaa ya mtengenezaji ili kuizalisha chini ya jina lake mwenyewe. Au, tunaweza kusema kwamba OEM ni kampuni ambayo inazalisha vifaa na vipengele ambavyo vinaweza kuuzwa na mtengenezaji mwingine. Schneider, kampuni ya Ujerumani, hutengeneza vifaa vya vifaa vya OEM, pamoja na Dell, Google, Apple, Huawei na Nintendo. Wengi wa wauzaji PC kama vile Lenovo, HP na Dell ambao hawana vitengo vyao vya utengenezaji ni OEMs. Wao kukusanya sehemu na vipengele vya mtengenezaji na brand bidhaa ya mwisho na nembo yao wenyewe. OEM inahusu bidhaa zilizotengenezwa kwa ajili ya bidhaa ya awali, wakati aftermarket inahusu sehemu na vifaa vilivyotengenezwa na kampuni nyingine ambazo watumiaji wanaweza kutumia kama mbadala. OEM ni sawa na thamani-kuongezwa reseller (VAR), lakini inahusu hasa kitendo cha branding bidhaa na kampuni kwa jina lake mwenyewe na kutoa msaada wake mwenyewe, dhamana na leseni ya bidhaa. Neno hili wakati mwingine husababisha utata kwa sababu OEMs si wazalishaji wa awali; wao customize bidhaa ya awali.