AMD is said to be negotiating to buy Xilinx, and a deal could come as soon as next week. If the two companies agree, the deal would likely be worth approximately $30 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The value of AMD shares has soared of late, which means it should be able to…
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The phrase you hear a lot from supply chain executives this year is they can’t control the decisions of their suppliers and customers, nor can they constrain a global pandemic. But manufacturing and procurement organizations can mitigate the impact of such events and are focusing on things they can manage. Gartner outlines three trends that…
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The global market for digital procurement software is growing extraordinarily fast—nearly twice as fast as the overall software market according to one Forrester report. This news is certainly remarkable, but it is far from surprising. Digital solutions leveraging big data analytics and AI-powered automations have enabled teams to streamline workflows, increase savings, lower costs, improve…
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The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of long, complex supply chains. It has also shown how reliant many U.S. and European companies are on the overseas supply of critical items, bringing to the fore a long-debated issue—are we ready to reshore? A recent survey by Supply Chain Dive revealed that 64 percent of interviewees…
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U.S. manufacturing activity cooled in September but remained well within expansion territory for the fourth straight month. The Institute for Supply Management’s PMI slipped to 55.4, or 0.6 percent, from 56 in August as the forward-looking new orders index declined. Any reading above 50 indicates growth. New orders decreased to 60.2 from a reading of…
DetailsAs the logistics industry prepares for October 13 — Amazon’s Prime Day — freight platform Freightos notes one key takeaway from “the very bizarre 2020.” Small importers have a changing role on a global scale. This week, ocean rates have declined slightly. Key insights: Ocean rates from China to the U.S. fell slightly by 1% as…
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Previous articles have discussed a segmentation of the electronics market called Long Life Cycle(LLC) Products. LLC products are those whose useful life is longer than five years. In a subsequent article, the current state of the electronics ecosystem, and the connection of the LLC market to the AI/IOT mega-trends were also discussed. Overall, LLC customers…
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The global coronavirus has upended many of the metrics used to forecast supply, demand, economic activity and financial stability. Two electronics associations – the IPC and ECIA – report electronics markets are recovering, but forward momentum is decelerating. “The economy improved over the last month, but it is clear that momentum is slowing and future…
DetailsWPI, a member of WPG Holdings, today announced an exciting technology distribution partnership with ACEINNA, a worldwide leader in the development of price-competitive, high performance Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and current sensing technologies that are essential to next generation cars, robots and other autonomous applications. This distribution agreement will enable WPI to offer a complete…
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The world-shaking event of the coronavirus pandemic has led to an economic downturn in many markets, on top of unpredictable supply and demand shifts. Due to these challenges, industrial supply chain operations are looking to trim the fat. Minimizing expenses in supply chain can be handled in a variety of ways. Currently, new technology solutions…
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