Supply chains are difficult to manage and understand. When looking for improvements — particularly in challenging and continually changing aspects like obsolescence management we often look to new solutions or to push responsibility to partners … but the most neglected and simplest way to make effective change is to communicate. This October in Dallas, we’ll…
SiliconExpert, a world leader in electronic component databases and parts information, has partnered with Zuken®, a leading EDA software provider, to deliver critical component information to engineers within their design environment. The new integration enables engineers to make better component selection decisions, resulting in higher quality products and lower costs in less time. SiliconExpert and…
The principles surrounding conflict minerals sourcing are expanding into other materials, such as cobalt, copper and lithium. The broader initiative, called responsible minerals sourcing, focuses on the social and environmental impact of extracting and processing certain raw materials and preventing abuses often linked to those activities. Under U.S. legislation enacted in 2010, publicly-traded companies are…
The electronics industry is experiencing a level of component shortages that it hasn’t seen in decades. For some in the supply chain it’s a period of prosperity—semiconductor bookings are up 30 percent year-over-year, market-watchers say. At the same time, industry trade group Electronic Component Industry Association (ECIA) warns “…due to component shortages, long lead times…
All annual business forecasts have a theme, and 2018 will mark the year of the supply chain’s digital transformation. By the end of 2018, half of manufacturers will be using analytics, IoT, and social collaboration tools to extend the integrated planning process throughout the enterprise in real time, according to IDC. Digital transformation is opening…
Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced a collaboration that will bring integrated design tools to engineers, helping them accelerate the pace of new product development and get products to market faster and cheaper. As part of the collaboration, the companies plan to allow engineers using the Cadence® OrCAD®…
Buyers have a host of tools at their disposal to help them do their jobs better and faster. These electronics components inventory search and/or data aggregator websites have one thing in common – delivering parts data that range from supply chain information including lead times, pricing, lifecycle/obsolescence information, and environmental compliance data; to technical specifications…
Santa Clara, Calif.– SiliconExpert Technologies, the leading provider of electronic component management tools and solutions announces its largest data release yet, increasing the number of electronic components it carries, the number of engineers behind the data and total manufacturers captured in its Electronic Component Database. With this latest data release, SiliconExpert Technologies increased the number of…
Foster City, Calif. — Arena Solutions, the pioneer of cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) applications, today announced that it has integrated Arena PLM with SiliconExpert Technologies’ extensive electronic components information database. As a result, Arena PLM customers can now perform proactive health and risk assessments on all components within the BOM (Bill of Materials) and leverage their subscription to…
SiliconExpert Technologies, the leading provider of electronic component management tools, officially introduces their Price Analytics Tool which normalizes and displays component level pricing data on an intuitive interface, allowing supply chain managers to easily compare, analyze and manage pricing data intelligently. OEMs with multiple distributors and contract manufacturers can now easily compare component level pricing…