Led by Growth in Wearable Devices, Flexible AMOLED Display Shipments to Exceed 11% of Rigid AMOLED Display Shipments in 2015, IHS Says
In addition to looking at the reputation of franchised distributors in the industry, UBM's 2015 Global Distributor Customer Evaluation Study took a deeper dive with designers, corporate management, and supply chain executives to find out what channels they prefer, and how their use of online sources to gather information on products and suppliers is evolving.…
Amazon launched it's Amazon Business offering earlier this month, hoping to build traction with buyers of a broad range of products, from paper clips to heavy equipment. The company admits that it's gunning for the loyalty in the industrial manufacturing and technology sectors in particular, which leads to the question of whether electronics distributors should…
Enthusiasts who want to build the products they want, from shortwave radios to personal computers, and to tweak products they've bought to make them even better, have long been a part of the electronics industry. By all measures, garage-style innovation remains alive and well today, as “makers” as they are called continue to turn out…
Once the go-to low cost manufacturing location for the electronics industry, China's reign may be waning as the top pick. In fact, some OEMs are heading back to the U.S. hoping to get supply chain advantages and better total cost. Although currently reductions in manufacturing are just a small blip in the bigger picture, it's…
Mid-sized U.S. manufacturing CFOs are feeling confident that the economy will remain strong in 2015, according to the findings from the seventh edition of the Prime Advantage Group CFO Survey. The survey of CFOs whose companies are members of the Chicago-based buying group also reveals other related financial projections and top economic concerns among industrial…
Use of smart and mobile supply chain solutions facilitates its users with instrumented, intelligent, and interconnected information about the supply chain.
From home enthusiasts to workers on the manufacturing floor, everyone's imagination is captured by the potential of 3D printing. Prototyping, spare parts creation, art delivery, human organ creation, and even mass product production are all being targeted as current and potential uses for the technology. Although analyst predictions differ, all are in agreement that the…
Lithium batteries power a wide range of consumer products and deliver superior performance and reliability in numerous applications. However, the same technology that makes them so useful also presents unique hazards for shippers, carriers, and receivers if not safely packed and handled when transported. While the transport of lithium cells and batteries is fundamentally safe…
In the average manufacturing organization, a quick look around provides ample evidence of a gender gap. However, what organizations may not understand is how the lack of diversity may be harming the business. “For any sector, gender and diversity are important to success,”Abe Eshkenazi, chief executive officer of APICS , told EBN in an interview.…