Strong demand for trade on the China-U.S. lanes, together with restricted capacity early this summer combined to send ocean rates to record highs. Despite China’s moves to stabilize rates, China-U.S. ocean rates climbed to new records, with West Coast rates approaching $4,000/FEU – nearly triple their level a year ago. Prices may have gone even…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, announces a global distribution agreement with Tianma, a leading manufacturer of small- to medium-sized industrial-grade display solutions. Tianma provides leading technology and quality products to the consumer and professional display industries for use in end-designs such…
DetailsDigi-Key Electronics, who offers the world’s largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, announced that it has partnered with Machinechat to deliver the industry’s most affordable and easy-to-use IoT data management solution to accelerate IoT development and deployments. Machinechat’s JEDI One is an all-in-one software application for IoT developers and solution architects to provision…
DetailsIEC Electronics Corp. (Nasdaq: IEC) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase an 86,000 square foot facility in Rochester, NY. The new facility is expected to provide additional capacity and more importantly, access to a larger pool of qualified resources to support future organic growth. Jeffrey T. Schlarbaum, President and CEO…
DetailsVicor Corporation (NASDAQ: VICR) announced today the expansion of its Europe, Middle East and Africa relationship with Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) to a global distribution agreement. “We are looking forward to working closely with Arrow to offer highly differentiated modular power solutions to their extensive customer base,” said Rich Begen, vice president of Vicor global distribution and…
DetailsSourceability, the digital supply chain solutions provider, has launched a unique BOM management tool with ‘one-click’ transaction capabilities. Designed for procurement specialists and purchasing departments, the BOM tool delivers on both fast quotes and ‘one-click’ purchasing in a simple, easy-to-use tool. It is available on Sourcengine, the B2B e-commerce marketplace for the electronic components industry…
DetailsTTI, Inc., a leading specialty distributor of electronic components, is pleased to introduce a suite of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), making it possible for engineering and procurement customers to access inventory, pricing information, and place orders without in real time. APIs drastically reduce the manual effort needed to perform BOM cost roll ups, order placement…
DetailsSyncron today announced significant enhancements to the Syncron Service Cloud including Syncron Inventory 20.1 and Price 20.2, the company’s newest releases. These solutions help Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) improve financial performance and liquidity, minimize service parts supply chain disruption and retain existing customers. According to a recent study by Deloitte, the operating margin of aftersales…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, announces its new Customer Resource Center, which allows customers to easily take advantage of Mouser’s online purchasing services and tools through a central hub containing everything customers need to optimize the purchasing process. Customers can simply click the name of…
DetailsThe Gartner, Inc. 2020 Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy shows that the Internet of Things (IoT) has reached the bottom of the Trough of Disillusionment. The market will begin to climb out of this trough, as the technology advances and practitioners succeed in defining the best opportunities for the unique measurement and tracking capabilities…
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