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This paper explores implications of internet-based manufacturing and procurement systems for electronics contract manufacturing in low-cost locations in Asia and Eastern Europe. The author focuses on the variety of relationships between brand-name producers (OEM) and contract manufacturing firms emerging from different structures and traditions of firms, the division of labor within the contract manufacturing industry, and the impact of the internet on manufacturing work within the cultural context. Subsequently, he looks at supply chain management and engineering as well as on telecommunications infrastructure development and its role for internet-based manufacturing arrangements.