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Dun & Bradstreet Partners with THOMASNET.com to Enhance B2B Buyers’ Assessment of Supplier Risk

EBN OnlineBy March 2, 2017 Leave a comment

NEW YORK and SHORT HILLS, New Jersey – Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) together with THOMASNET.com today announced a partnership to provide B2B businesses new tools to help prevent disruption in their supply chain. Available exclusively on THOMASNET.com, Supplier Evaluation & Risk Reportsprovide B2B procurement professionals detailed credit risk data and company capability information. Designed to…

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U.S. Manufacturing: Up, Up and Away

News AnalysisBy Barbara Jorgensen March 2, 2017 1 Comment

The U.S. manufacturing industry in February expanded at its fastest pace since 2014, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The ISM’s leading businesses index, the PMI, increased 1.7 percent in February to 57.7 — its sixth consecutive month of growth. New orders played a significant role for the period, increasing by 4.7 percentage…

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Points for Picking the Right IoT Hardware Platforms

EBN OnlineBy March 2, 2017 Leave a comment

The Internet of Things (IoT) market is expected to grow to $661.74 billion by 2021. IoT technologies have emerged as a driver of innovation accelerating the journey toward an interconnected world. Hardware platforms play a fundamental role in this journey. Currently, 700 IoT hardware platforms are available in the world to help designers learn and…

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3 Ways the Supply Chain Industry Will Make Headlines in 2017

EBN OnlineBy March 2, 2017 Leave a comment

2016 was a transformative year for the supply chain. From the Hanjin collapse to Otto’s delivery of 50,000 Budweiser cans via the world’s first autonomous truck delivery, there was no shortage of industry headlines. 2017 is poised to experience as many milestones, if not more. With the growth of the $800 billion trucking industry and…

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Avnet Completes Sale of Technology Solutions to Tech Data

EBN OnlineBy March 2, 2017 Leave a comment

PHOENIX–=Today, Avnet (NYSE: AVT) announced it has completed the sale of its Technology Solutions business to Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ: TECD). With the divestiture of these operations, Avnet is now solely focused on electronic components and integrated and embedded solutions, supporting its customers, ranging from makers to startups to large technology manufacturers, at every stage…

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APICS Announces Global Executive Forums for Supply Chain Leaders

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CHICAGO – APICS, the premier professional association for supply chain management, announced APICS Executive Forums, presented in collaboration with PwC. These exclusive one-day events bring together executive-level supply chain professionals and foster in-depth peer discussions on today’s most critical topics. The first event will take place in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Forums…

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Ultrasound: Can Chirp Usurp UI?

EBN OnlineBy March 1, 2017 Leave a comment

BARCELONA — Now that motion (Nintendo Wii), touch (Apple iPhone) and voice (Amazon’s Alexa) are old hat, “touchless” looms large and lucrative as the next user interface (UI) of choice for consumer devices. Or so attendees at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) are being told. “Major consumer electronics breakthroughs have always been triggered by…

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5 Ways to Optimize Supply Chain with Grid Computing

EBN OnlineBy March 1, 2017 Leave a comment

Much discussion has been had around supply chain optimization efforts via cost effective packaging, robot-controlled warehouse, regulation compliance. and risk management. These are promising avenues, but certainly not the only way toward cost savings. What may be new is achieving supply chain optimization with grid computing in response to labor unrest, counterfeit parts, and other…

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TTI Adds Honeywell Aerospace Proximity Sensors

News WireBy News Desk February 28, 2017 Leave a comment

Honeywell’s new patented IHM (Integrated Health Monitoring) Series Aerospace Proximity Sensors for harsh duty aircraft applications are now available in Europe through TTI, Inc., a world leading specialist distributor of electronic components. The IHM Series are non-contact devices designed to sense the presence or absence of a target, providing on/off output, plus they can also…

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Mouser Offers Lumex OLED/LED Modules

News WireBy News Desk February 28, 2017 Leave a comment

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking ezDisplay UART OLED and LED modules from Lumex. Controlled using a simple UART interface and any microcontroller or embedded system running standard AT or hex commands, these low-power organic LED (OLED) and…

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