# Original equipment manufacturer

Concept · [Business and metrics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business)

Also called: OEM, OEMs, original equipment manufacturers

A company that makes products or parts that another company sells or builds into its own products, often under the other company's brand.

**For example:** A startup's sensor ships inside a tractor maker's machines through an OEM deal.

## Connects to (4)

- [Hard tech](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hard-tech): Companies whose product rests on physical engineering or new science, such as machines, materials or devices.
- [Bill of materials](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bill-of-materials): A complete list of the parts, materials and quantities needed to build a product.
- [White label](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/white-label): A product or service made by one company that another company sells under its own name.
- [Licensing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/licensing): Letting another party use something you own, such as software, a patent or a brand, in exchange for fees or royalties, while you keep…

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