Throughout my career, I’ve often gotten questions about the role of procurement. In fact, it happens pretty much whenever I meet new people and talk about my job. The answer that I want to respond with is, “Procurement helps companies strategically assess and manage external spend, and find new and innovative ways to partner with their…
DetailsAt the recent Electronic Distribution Show in Las Vegas, NV, global distributor TTI, Inc., announced the appointment of Don Akery to the position of President TTI Americas, effective September 2017, allowing for transition of his current responsibilities. Founder, and CEO, Paul Andrews commends Akery’s accomplishments with TTI; “Since joining TTI a mere four-plus years ago,…
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Today’s supply chain needs to be responsive to consumers’ ever-changing needs. This is where the Internet of Things (IoT) comes into play. Today’s consumers are demanding in terms of when, where, and how products and services are made available to them. So, the supply chain needs to be responsive and have the ability to seamlessly…
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Supply chain professionals are talking a lot about blockchain, and how it can be applied to address the increasingly global and complex nature of the supply chain. However, we are still in early days, with only about three in ten companies actively implementing the technology, recent research suggests. “Blockchain in supply chain and trade finance…
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Traditional retailers have long known that as important as a product is, how it’s packaged is equally important, at least when a product is sitting on the shelf. Now, however, with e-commerce becoming a regular part of the retail landscape, e-tailers are starting to ask themselves about the role of packaging in on-line sales. What’s…
DetailsFabless power semiconductor company Helix Semiconductors today announced the opening of its Advanced Technology Design Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which includes design space and a lab featuring state-of-the-art technology. The Colorado-based mixed-signal ASIC design team will work closely with Helix Semiconductors’ power ASIC designers in its Irvine, California-based headquarters to productize the company’s power conversion design…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. and Macnica, Inc. are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership to deliver the highest levels of service and support to Japanese design engineers. With the partnership, Mouser and Macnica are introducing a new co-branded website available to customers in Japan. Macnica is the leading Japanese semiconductor distributor focused on offering technical support and the continuous advancement…
DetailsAvnet (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, announced today that it will be merging its distribution centres in to one new facility to increase productivity efficiency and speed-to-delivery. The new modern mega facility will consolidate Avnet’s distribution centres in Hong Kong and Shenzhen from four to one. The varied locations came about due to past acquisitions.…
DetailsTTI, Inc. the leading global distributor of passive, interconnect, electromechanical and discrete components, has received recognition from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems as a 4-Star Supplier Excellence Award winner for 2016. The award ceremony was held at Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems business instituted the annual Supplier Excellence Awards program to…
DetailsTT Electronics, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, has announced that with immediate effect, Xtronics Inc., a top tier representative firm for manufacturers based in Canada, will lead market and customer development initiatives for TT Electronics in the region. Highly respected and well positioned to cover the whole of Canada, Xtronics…
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