The focus on how the “now” experiences buyers enjoy in everyday life is rippling into the service supply chain. It makes total sense when you think about it: The consumer who buys a widget and receives it immediately, or close to it, isn’t thinking about the ramifications of logistics companies getting that widget into their…
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As we head into the new year, EPSNews looks back at the top 10 stories of 2018. For the second year in a row, the most popular topic were the shortages in the electronic components industry. It’s not surprising that four out of the top five articles focused on shortages thanks to a wide range…
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In today’s global economy, all companies, regardless of industry, geography or size all have one thing in common. They are all striving to delight, understand and get closure to their customer to win the order, sign the contract or make the deal. This requires a fundamental shift in not only how you interact with your…
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As 2019 rolls into view, component shortages continue to wreak supply chain havoc on a variety of components from multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and relays to metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). Lead times continue to stretch as component makers scramble to keep up with demands from growing and emerging markets. MLCC makers are shifting their strategies…
DetailsNew Yorker Electronics will now be distributing the Vishay Dale IHLE-5A Series of Low-Profile, High-Current Power Inductors – a Vishay 2017 Super 12 Featured Product. The IHLE-5A Series is an automotive-grade, high-current inductor featuring an integrated e-field shield, or “e-shield”, for reduction of EMI. Vishay expanded its IHLE series of low-profile, high-current inductors with these…
DetailsSager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power and Electromechanical components and provider of value-add solutions, is now stocking Phihong’s POEA30U 30W Single-Port PoE Injector power supplies. The POEA30U 30W Single-Port Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Injectors are IEEE802.3at mid-spans that meet DOE VI efficiency regulations for external power supplies. Phihong POEA30U injectors offer a 45.5mm…
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When I worked as an engineer for a manufacturer of semiconductor production equipment, purchasing would often ask us to provide second sources for various ICs. For those parts that had second sources, we would test the parts to verify that second-source parts met expected specs before deciding if the parts would work for us. Parts…
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MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. – Sager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power and Electromechanical components and provider of value-add solutions, is now stocking Phihong’s POEA30U 30W Single-Port PoE Injector power supplies. The POEA30U 30W Single-Port Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Injectors are IEEE802.3at mid-spans that meet DOE VI efficiency regulations for external power supplies. Phihong POEA30U injectors offer a…
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Editor’s Note: After perhaps a decade in research labs and drawing boards, 5G is on the verge of deployment. Indeed, early deployments of the technology are coming online now. You can tell because the marketers have sunk their teeth in and started promoting it. With 5G moving out of the lab, the team at Aspencore…
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As we head into 2019, the global transportation industry will continue to face complex supply chain challenges. But the new year also provides many opportunities for shippers to turn to technologies and digital transformation to improve their operations, efficiencies, and bottom line profits. Image courtesy: Pixabay Here’s what we foresee: Big changes—and a more holistic,…
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