Current state of the worldwide notebook PC industry, including global notebook PC shipment volume and Taiwanese makers' volume and shipment share for the period 2002 - 2006; customer portfolios of major Taiwanese notebook PC ODM makers, and their gross profit margins in the period 2001 - 3Q 2005; major branded vendors' level of involvement in component purchasing; main target markets of major brands; global operation networks of major Taiwanese notebook PC ODM makers, including Quanta, Compal, Wistron, and Inventec; logistics models adopted by Taiwanese ODM makers according to major brands' demands; Taiwanese ODM makers' cooperation with EMS providers

HP, Acer, Apple, BestBuy, Compal, Dell, Flextronics, Fujitsu-Siemens, Gateway, Inventec, Lenovo-IBM, Quanta, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, WalMart, Wistron

Table 1  The Customer Portfolios of the Four Largest Taiwanese Notebook PC ODM Providers

Table 2  Comparison of Major Notebook PC Vendors' Purchasing Decision-Making

Table 3  Branded Vendors' Degree of Involvement in Component Purchasing

Table 4  Individual Components' Share of Total Notebook PC Production Cost and Component Procurement Decision

Table 5  Global Operations of Taiwan's Four Leading Notebook PC ODM Providers

Figure 1  Taiwanese Notebook PC Shipment Volume and  Global Shipment Share, 2002 - 2006

Figure 2  Gross Profit Margins of Taiwan's Four Largest Notebook PC ODM Providers, 2001 - 3Q 2005

Figure 3  Notebook PC Product Development Process

Figure 4  Dell, HP's Revenue Share by Regional Market, 2005

Figure 5  Global Operations of Taiwan's Four Leading Notebook PC ODM Providers

Figure 6  Logistics Model Adopted by the Taiwanese Notebook PC ODM Providers - Dell Orders

Figure 7  Logistics Model Adopted by the Taiwanese Notebook PC ODM Providers - HP Orders