Technology is transforming the supply chain in just about every aspect, but perhaps some of the biggest boons are coming from financial technology. The potential boons are huge, but some organizations are afraid of the perceived cost and complexity of these initiatives. At EBN, we wanted to get down to the real story about fintech,…
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Take a look around—do you see any personal computers, tablets, mobile devices, or cellphones nearby? You most likely do; after all, technology has become a common aspect of our daily lives. In fact, Gartner reports that in 2018, the number of worldwide combined device shipments will increase by 1.6% percent to 2017, amounting to almost…
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Montreal, QC — Future Electronics today announced that it has signed an America’s distribution agreement with Lumentum. Under the terms of the agreement Future Electronics is authorized to sell Lumentum’s optical transceiver products. “We are very pleased to be partnering with Lumentum,” said Philippe Vauclair, Director of Marketing at Future Electronics. “Lumentum is a leader in…
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MONTREAL – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, has announced immediate shipping availability of Microsemi’s new AcuEdge™ Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS), designed to improve the voice recognition rate in adverse environments for emerging human-to-machine (H2M) applications in the IoT (Internet of Things), IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and automated…
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New York, NY and Tempe, AZ – THOMASNET.com and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) are seeking nominations for the fourth annual “30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars Recognition Program”. The program honors young purchasing and supply chain management professionals from around the globe who deserve to be applauded for their passion, creativity and contributions to…
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St. Paul, Minn – Synchrono, a leader in modern demand-driven manufacturing software and synchronization technology, today released a new InSync paper, Going eKanban, which is based on years of working with manufacturers to introduce Lean, or pull-based inventory replenishment methods. Grounded in Lean manufacturing and Just-in-Time (JIT) principles, Kanban is a pull-based inventory replenishment process, originally…
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Mouser Electronics Inc., a leading global distributor of electronic components, along with celebrity engineer Grant Imahara today released a new video in the Shaping Smarter Cities series, part of Mouser’s award-winning Empowering Innovation Together™ program. To watch the video, go to https://youtu.be/94NGq9XM598. In the newest video, Imahara travels to Los Angeles to meet with innovators and engineers from DAQRI and to…
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Atlanta, GA – ECIA is pleased to announce the final speaker for the Minneapolis area 2017 Regional Series, which will take place on Tuesday, October 3 at the Crowne Plaza Bloomington, 5401 Green Valley Drive. For hotel information, please call (952) 831-8000 or click this link. As IoT evolves and broadband capabilities increase, more products are coming online to enhance…
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I’ll admit it… the word isn’t in the dictionary yet. In fact, we invented the word ‘devicification’, but in a world of rapid change sometimes a new word is needed to describe a new and exciting phenomenon. As brands’ look for new ways to engage and re-engage with consumers collides with exciting enabling technology like…
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MILPITAS, Calif.—KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) today introduced five patterning control systems that help chipmakers achieve the strict process tolerances required for multi-patterning technologies and EUV lithography at the sub-7nm logic and leading-edge memory design nodes. Within the IC fab, the ATL™ (Accurate Tunable Laser) overlay metrology system and the SpectraFilm™ F1 film metrology system characterize processes…
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