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As the year winds down, it’s inevitable that we reflect on the past year. Here is Electronics Purchasing Strategies’ top 10 most read, most clicked stories for the year. Several of our most popular stories look at some of the biggest issues in the supply chain, including counterfeiting, offshoring, and chip resale. Other most read stories look at strategies at some of the biggest distributors in the industry: Avnet, Digi-Key, and Arrow.
If you scroll down a little further, you’ll also see stories ranked from number 11 to number 20. Once again the most popular stories focused on supply chain issues such as reverse logistics, and strategies and changes at key supply-chain partners: Flextronics, Avnet, Digi-Key, Arrow, Mouser, Jabil, and Molex.
Enjoy!
Here is the ranking of the top 10 stories:
1. Slideshow: Sony PlayStation 4 Teardown
3. Flextronics Places Huge Bet on Google
4. The Ugly Truth About Counterfeiting
5. Fay Takes the Helm: What’s next for Avnet EM?
6. The Multiple Dangers of Component Resale
7. Digi-Key Ventures Deeper into Supply Chain
8. Arrow Shows When to Drop a Customer
9. Apple has no Copyright on Innovation
10. Forget Re-shoring, China is still it
Other top stories of the year include the following ranked from number 11 to number 20.
11. If China Goes to War . . .
12. Xilinx Sues Flextronics for Alleged Fraudulent Chip Resale
13. Distribution: Some Policies No Longer Work
14. TTI’s Knight: Mouser, Sager Complement Global Strategy
15. Supply Chain Targets Reverse Logistics
16. Mouser Electronics: Small Orders; Big Presence
17. Arrow Tool Links Purchasing and Engineering
18. Jabil Buys SGI Plant to Secure Contract
