Material shortages often cause more surface mount technology (SMT) line downtime than changeovers. It doesn’t make sense to develop faster changeovers in equipment sets if those lines are stopped due to wrong or insufficient components being available at the line. Line downtime cost millions and with some factories running at close to capacity the impact…
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New product development (NPD) and new product introduction (NPI) practices have shifted drastically over the last decade as companies increase the pace of innovation to survive and prosper in the face of customer demands for greater performance at a lower price, increased global competition, and more stringent regulatory requirements. Product innovators now face the challenge…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, has been named the 2018 Global High Service Distributor by ON Semiconductor, a leading supplier of semiconductor-based solutions driving energy-efficient innovations, empowering customers to reduce global energy use. This is the second consecutive year that Mouser has received this top award.…
DetailsAvnet (Nasdaq: AVT), a leading global technology solutions company, is working with BitPay, the largest global blockchain payment provider, to accept cryptocurrency for products and services. Today’s developers are looking for flexibility as they take their products to market, and this announcement provides our customers with more convenient ways to complete their financial transactions. “We’re…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be the one technology that unleashes the value of the smart factory and the suggested potential of the fourth industrial revolution. But there are many misconceptions of what AI can and can’t do. While it can beat the world’s masters at Chess or Go and outperform specialist diagnosing…
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Today, at the Oracle Modern Business Experience, Oracle announced updates to its Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud, Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud, and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Cloud products. These changes were part of a broader update that also included Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud and Oracle DataFox. Enriched supplier profiles with the DataFox…
DetailsECIA is pleased to welcome Dale Ford to its team in the role of Chief Analyst. Dale is a highly respected industry analyst with extensive experience producing award winning market research. He brings expertise in technology trends, competitive analysis, forecasting and supply/demand research of the electronics, semiconductor and electronics components industries. Mr. Ford has been researching…
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Price and ease of use are the key reasons why makers and professional engineers choose Raspberry Pi.
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. & SYDNEY–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW), a Fortune 500 leading technology solutions and engineering provider, and Freelancer.com (ASX:FLN), the world's largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by number of users, today announced the launch of ArrowPlus powered by Freelancer.com. The new platform allows Fortune 500 companies and innovative technology creators to design and build hardware products…
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Component shortages always prompt OEMs and EMS providers to seek alternative sources. Periods of scarcity also exacerbate the flow of counterfeit devices into the electronics supply chain. The extent of this problem remains an unknown as incidents of counterfeits are under-reported. But there are estimates: The counterfeit semiconductor market has reached $75 billion according to Industry…
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