Original equipment manufacturer

An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) generally refers to a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer. However, the term is ambiguous, with several other common meanings. It sometimes means the maker of a system that includes other companies' subsystems, an end-product producer, an automotive part that is manufactured by the same company that produced the original part used in the automobile's assembly, or a value-added reseller.^[1]^[2]

^ Kidder, John Tracy (1981). "1. How to Make a Lot of Money". The Soul of a New Machine. United States: Little, Brown and Company. ¶ 17. ISBN 9780316491709. Many customers, such as the Department of Defense, wanted to buy complete systems, all put together and ready to run with the turn of a key; hence the rise of companies known as original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs—they'd buy gear from various companies and put it together in packages.
^ "Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)". Practical Law. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

[1] Kidder, John Tracy (1981). "1. How to Make a Lot of Money". The Soul of a New Machine. United States: Little, Brown and Company. ¶ 17. ISBN 9780316491709. Many customers, such as the Department of Defense, wanted to buy complete systems, all put together and ready to run with the turn of a key; hence the rise of companies known as original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs—they'd buy gear from various companies and put it together in packages.

[2] "Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)". Practical Law. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

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