Editor’s note: The coronavirus outbreak is impacting companies across the globe. Here’s what one UK distributor is experiencing. What kind of impact is coronavirus having on smaller companies around the world? Here’s one view from an electronics components distributor supplying high-reliability components While we hear much about the impact of coronavirus on the larger companies…
Aspencore Media, the publishing house that owns EPSNews and EE Times, has launched a Special Project, “Outbreak in Wuhan,” seeking to define the global impact of the deadly virus in the electronic industry. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, global media attention has focused on Wuhan. Knowing the region and its history helps us understand…
The 2011 tsunami in Japan was one of the forces behind the electronics supply chain’s dedication to resilience – the ability to shift all or part of a supply chain as needed. That means people, materials, manufacturing lines, suppliers and even physical processing and aid centers. Global businesses now have entire departments dedicated to business…
Global technology companies have made employees their priority as the deadly coronavirus spreads across the Chinese mainland and beyond. Late Thursday afternoon, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the virus a global public health emergency. Apple has restricted employee travel and closed several stores. Avnet has asked employees to work from home. Peugeot and Citroen…