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Mouser and Marvell Enter Global Distribution Pact

News Ticker, News WireBy Barbara Jorgensen September 17, 2018 Leave a comment

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, announces a global distribution agreement with Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., a provider of storage, processing, networking, security and connectivity semiconductor solutions. Mouser will distribute Marvell® industry-leading Fast Ethernet and Alaska® Gigabit Ethernet physical layer (PHY) transceivers.…

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Does IIoT Rewards Outweigh Risks for the Supply Chain?

Featured, Featured Articles, FeaturesBy Ann Thryft September 17, 2018 Leave a comment

Editor’s note: The IoT and the industrial IoT (IIoT) provide the capability for all stakeholders in the electronics supply chain to seamlessly connect and share critical data. Visibility from the moment a component begins production through its end-of-life is possible through these leading-edge applications. But there are also real dangers to the networks that link supply…

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IIoT Puts Manufacturers In the Sights of Cybercriminals

EBN OnlineBy September 14, 2018 2 Comments

BOULDER CREEK, Calif. — We are seeing a number of attacks both on industrial control systems (ICS) and on the operational technology (OT) side of the industrial IoT (IIoT) with increasing frequency. Why is the IIoT so vulnerable to cyberattacks? We talked to ICS and OT specialists at major cybersecurity solutions providers, as well as…

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MCU Sales to Reach Record Highs Through 2022

News AnalysisBy News Desk September 13, 2018 Leave a comment

The market for microcontrollers (MCUs) —the IC industry’s original system-on-chip (SoC) product category—is expected to continue hitting record-high annual revenues through 2022 after worldwide sales dropped 6 percent in 2016 because of a slowdown in MCU unit shipments. After drawing down MCU inventories in 2016, systems manufacturers stepped up purchases of microcontrollers in 2017 with unit…

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ERA Introduces Jeff Shafer of J.D. Shafer Consulting Inc. as its Latest Expert Access Consultant

EBN OnlineBy September 12, 2018 5 Comments

The Electronics Representatives Association (ERA) announced that it has added a new industry consultant, Jeff Shafer, to its Expert Access member program. Shafer is owner/president of J.D. Shafer Consulting Inc. He has more than 35 years of experience in sales, product management, marketing, operations, program management and quality, supporting domestic and international business. Previously, Shafer…

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Event Will Focus on Securing the Future: Your Business, Your Talent, Your Customers

EBN OnlineBy September 12, 2018 4 Comments

Atlanta, GA – ECIA is pleased to announce that respected industry veteran, Phil Gallagher, will headline this year's 2018 Executive Conference October 21-23 at Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL. Gallagher is the global president for the electronic components business at Avnet. He leads the company’s broadline distribution business with four regional presidents reporting to him — spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia. He also oversees supplier relationships, global procurement, and supply chain services. Gallagher’s keynote presentation will focus on the opportunities as well as…

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Descartes MacroPoint Capacity Matching Helps Freight Brokers Address Tight Transportation Capacity Market

EBN OnlineBy September 12, 2018 Leave a comment

WATERLOO, Ontario (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has successfully deployed its advanced capacity matching solution, Descartes MacroPoint Capacity Matching, with several freight brokers. The solution provides freight brokers with greater visibility to the transportation capacity available within their network of…

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IPC IDs EMS Opportunities in North America

News Ticker, News WireBy News Desk September 12, 2018 Leave a comment

The North American electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry has an $81 billion served available market with great potential for further growth, according to IPC’s 2018 Annual Report and Forecast for the North American EMS Industry, published this week. An analysis of the market indicates that the North American EMS industry has penetrated only about 28…

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EBN@C-Level: Industry Veteran Offers Snapshot of High-Tech Supply Chain

EBN OnlineBy September 12, 2018 3 Comments

Especially in the high-tech electronics sector, the supply chain is gaining in complexity and breadth even as technologies evolve to help automate many critical supply chain processes. More than ever before, OEMs need to evaluate their supply chain in relation to evolving technology in order to capture and maintain competitive advantage. Akhil Oltikar We sat…

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Blockchain & the Big Supply Chain Infrastructure Puzzle

EBN OnlineBy September 11, 2018 9 Comments

An infrastructure defines the fundamental physical and organizational structures of any society or enterprise. For consumer goods and electronics manufacturers, their supply chain infrastructure consists of both physical and digital assets needed to get products made, transported from point A to B (and back) and sold to the end customer. It stretches across suppliers and…

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