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| rdfs:label | - Original Equipment Manufacturer
- Original equipment manufacturer
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| rdfs:comment | - An OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) is a company that makes its own products, using components from other companies. There are many contradictory definitions for OEMs, and different companies may call each other an OEM, depending on their position in the supply chain. In the Microsoft ecosystem, an OEM would be a PC manufacturer (such as Dell, Acer, Samsung, Toshiba) that uses Microsoft software (such as Windows and Office) in its PCs. The technical term for this type of OEM is a Value-Added Reseller (VAR).
- An Original Equipment Manufacturer, (OEM), manufactures products or components that are purchased by a company and retailed under the purchasing company's brand name. An OEM refers to the company that originally manufactured the product. When referring to medical parts and equipment, the OEM designates a replacement part which is made by the manufacturer of the original part.
- The term OEM may also, somewhat counter-intuitively, refer to a company that purchases for use in its own products a component made by a second company. Under this definition, if Apple purchases optical drives from Toshiba to put in its computers, Apple is the OEM, and Toshiba would classify the transaction as an "OEM sale". Contradictory usage: An even more confusing, contradictory definition is a company that sells the product of a second company under its own brand name. Alternatives to contradictory or confusing use: Instead of OEM, companies may label themselves resellers.
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| abstract | - An OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) is a company that makes its own products, using components from other companies. There are many contradictory definitions for OEMs, and different companies may call each other an OEM, depending on their position in the supply chain. In the Microsoft ecosystem, an OEM would be a PC manufacturer (such as Dell, Acer, Samsung, Toshiba) that uses Microsoft software (such as Windows and Office) in its PCs. The technical term for this type of OEM is a Value-Added Reseller (VAR).
- An Original Equipment Manufacturer, (OEM), manufactures products or components that are purchased by a company and retailed under the purchasing company's brand name. An OEM refers to the company that originally manufactured the product. When referring to medical parts and equipment, the OEM designates a replacement part which is made by the manufacturer of the original part.
- The term OEM may also, somewhat counter-intuitively, refer to a company that purchases for use in its own products a component made by a second company. Under this definition, if Apple purchases optical drives from Toshiba to put in its computers, Apple is the OEM, and Toshiba would classify the transaction as an "OEM sale". Contradictory usage: An even more confusing, contradictory definition is a company that sells the product of a second company under its own brand name. Alternatives to contradictory or confusing use: Instead of OEM, companies may label themselves resellers. Companies who buy parts and then resell those parts with some amount of additional value added along the way (such as assembly, customer support, or continued maintenance) may be better termed value-added resellers (VARs) or resellers.
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