The high-tech industry is poised for global growth. The middle class is expanding, bringing with it an increasing appetite for high-tech products. Demands are coming from new markets across the globe. Product lifecycles are shorter than ever before. There are new pressures and challenges – and new opportunities. There is growing recognition that “business-as-usual” supply…
DetailsThe Aftermath of the Tianjin Explosions: A Global Supply Chain Impact Analysis—It’s Far Worse than You Think. Don‘t believe official media reports indicating that business and port operations will shortly return to normal. This event’s economic relevance and its repercussions on the global supply chain will be felt over the next few months and perhaps…
DetailsVishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive components, wishes to extend its heartfelt condolences to the Chinese people regarding the explosion, which occurred on August 12, 2015 in the port of Tianjin. Vishay owns and operates a manufacturing facility in Tianjin, which provides back-end packaging for some…
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A few years ago, reshoring roared onto the scene as the next great movement in manufacturing, timed with the sector’s well-publicized role with helping the US crawl out of the deep recession. The manufacturing renaissance was hot in the news and among politicians trumpeting jobs. But now it seems some stark realities have hit. After…
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Automotive safety applications – driven by government regulations and consumer demand for enhanced safety – is one of the biggest drivers of sensor growth over the next several years. The automotive sensor market is forecast to reach about $13 billion by 2022, growing at an estimated 9.2 percent compound annual growth (CAGR), according to a…
DetailsPhoenix, Ariz. – Onlinecomponents.com recently launched their newly redesigned website. Dedicated to the belief that Onlinecomponents.com is quickly becoming one of the best ecommerce experiences for the procurement and engineering audience in the electronics industry, Onlinecomponents.com set this version’s strategy around improving the user experience. By implementing thousands of micro-improvements the team was able to…
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Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is not a new idea, but many organizations report that their efforts have been less than effective. As the saying goes, though, when you get lemons, it's a good time to make lemonade. That is, rather than a point of failure, S&OP improvement offers an opportunity for great improvement. In…
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The Electronics Representatives Association has announced that Walter E. Tobin has been named as the organization's new Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President. Tobin is an electronics industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and executive/corporate management positions. For the last nine years, he was the corporate vice president…
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Chicago – Newark element14 has today globally launched the latest addition to the expanding ecosystem of Raspberry Pi accessories, the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT, as featured in the 'Astro Pi’ space mission. The Sense HAT will enable enthusiasts to control the same hardware used in space. The Sense HAT attaches to the Raspberry Pi board,…
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Global installed base of connected audio devices forecast to reach 267 million units by 2018.
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