Tesla's recent highly publicized battery pack announcement may not serve to advance energy storage technology in a significant way. However, the offering has the potential to eventually help to reduce supply chain power costs. Tesla CEO Elton Musk has a blatantly obvious flair for showmanship, which he recently put to use to pitch his company's…
In the past, reverse logistics was an unknown concept, and then considered a necessary evil. Now, OEMs have the potential to build a value chain that includes products at the end of their lives. In 2015, combined global spending on mobile devices and data center equipment reached $600 billion. Telecom equipment spending, meanwhile, will hit…
Few people are asking how asking how the world's electronics industry is preparing to operate on a 2° Celsius warmer planet and consumers and corporate customers haven't yet demanded that the electronics industry urgently reduce and reverse that warming. Even so, OEMs need to know these practical methods for slowing (and reversing) climate change while…
If you have followed the recent announcements from Google, Samsung, Apple, and recently OnePlus, you have probably noticed a handful of new devices using a new, slick, universal serial bus (USB) connector, called USB Type-C. First, Apple introduced their new MacBook, an ultralight notebook aimed at people on the move, with one USB Type-C and…
As we move into the second half of the year, it's worthwhile to review two recent announcements from the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), an organization dedicated to raising the social, environmental, and ethical standards of the electronics industry. So far this year, the EICC has changed its code of conduct specifically targeting the practice…
When asked to name the world's key electronics-company headquarters regions, one would likely list the San Francisco Bay Area (Silicon Valley), Japan (Sony, Hitachi, NEC), and perhaps Germany (Siemens, Bosch, etc.). As for electronics manufacturing regions, China, Malaysia (Flextronics, Sanmina-SCI), Czech Republic (where Foxconn is the largest employer), and Mexico may be most frequently named.…
Hong Kong – Li Tong Group, LTG, which optimizes Reverse Supply Chain Management (RSCM) services for technology and telecom, is teaming up with Microsoft Hong Kong to offer consumers an easy and convenient way to trade in mobile phones, laptops, game consoles and tablets for coupons that can be applied toward purchases of all products…
Recycling is becoming part of our daily routine. We are collecting paper, aluminum, glass, rubber, and batteries for recycling. These recycling efforts, voluntary or imposed, might be interpreted as product stewardship or being good stewards of our environment by keeping materials out of the landfill. However, the product stewardship concept goes beyond the simple view…
Every individual who buys or makes electronics products is complicit in slave and child labor—that is simply the fact of it. For a long time, many electronics OEMs thought it was an unavoidable reality. Now, Ariba has forged a partnership with Made in a Free World to help organizations track and mitigate slavery in their…
Schaumburg, IL – Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) released its 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report today and marked significant progress in its investments in employees and communities and in reducing the company's overall carbon footprint. The report reflects the company's commitment to responsible practices and continuous improvement to become a more sustainable company. ”Our measurable progress on many environmental metrics…