Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series. Critical materials such as minerals and chemicals come from many regions of the world in different quantities and many different suppliers. Unfortunately, the deposits of many raw materials used in our industries come from regions affected by regional and national conflicts, some of which…
Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts. If one industry is significantly aware of the new normal, it’s the electronics industry. The pandemic hit the global supply chain of electronics from materials to manufacturing, from basic building blocks such as wafers to the entire manufacturing cycle of components and final products. Now, as…
The latest semiconductor supply crisis is brewing in the manufacturing equipment industry.
The semiconductor shortage is causing pain to manufacturers that can’t find enough chips, but it’s been a boon to the global IC industry
The prolonged shortage of electronics components has accelerated supply chain innovations viewed as “nice to have” for years and has rendered many of them imperative. Digitization – essentially, automating manual tasks throughout a manufacturing network – is considered important to achieving business goals by 87 percent of respondents to a recent survey. Yet progress has…
The semiconductor supply chain squeeze has been tough on OEM customers – tougher on some than others
SoM manufacturer Variscite as increased its agility though a 25 percent expansion of its in-house production capabilities.
When warehouses struggle to keep up with demand, one relatively new solution worth considering is lean automation.
The war in Ukraine is unlikely to slow the U.S. manufacturing economy which expanded 1 percent in February to reach a PMI of 58.6.
U.S. manufacturing activity, while still expanding, eased for the third straight month in January