Editor’s note: Apple hit a market cap of $1 trillion on August 2. How’d they do that? While everybody else in the electronics industry is talking about this extraordinary milestone, Apple is staying mum when it comes to those who supply chips and components to Apple. As part of our Special Project on ‘Apple’s $1 Trillion Climb’…
Along with avoiding counterfeit components, the electronics supply chain can now add cybersecurity concerns to its “To Do” list. Electronics suppliers and distributors already must worry about cyber-threats such as malicious code being inserted or activated in components that are already in the supply chain. Adding to that is the recent DFARS Clause 252.204-7012 requirement…
My colleague Bolaji Ojo eloquently outlined the impact Amazon.com is having on the world of electronics. I agree with Bolaji’s analysis 100 percent. But much of the coverage of Amazon in the electronics trade press – including EPSNews – implies that Amazon.com is intentionally targeting the electronics distribution industry. That’s simply not true. Amazon is targeting any market…
The automotive industry and its robust and complicated supply chain is constantly striving to reduce defective parts per million (DPPM). With autonomous vehicles entering mainstream markets over the next decade, the quality requirements for many automotive electronic systems are increasing rapidly, and suppliers have been required to shift from DPPM to DPPB (defective parts per…
Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd is giving a new meaning to the term “full-service-provider.” It is a contract manufacturer, a supplier of a wide range of parts and services to electronics OEMs and, since last year, a provider of critical financing support to suppliers. By setting up a business unit to fund suppliers, Foxconn has cracked…