OEM

Abbreviation for Original Equipment Manufacturer. An OEM is a company that uses product components from one or more other companies to build a product that it sells under its own company name and brand. It is also commonly used to refer to companies who build products and sub assemblies for use in other products. For example, most PC computer manufacturers are OEMs in that they use hard drives, RAM, motherboards, CPU‘s and other components made by other manufacturers, who are considered OEM suppliers.