 Welcome to the
first edition of Electronics Purchasing Strategies Distribution
Dispatch monthly newsletter. The editors at EPS understand the distribution
channel touches every supplier and manufacturer in the electronics supply chain
and is a huge resource for buyers. In addition to the daily news you will find
at EPS regarding new products and franchise announcements, we will be taking an
in-depth look at many of the key players in distribution; their strategies for
customer service; and the challenges the supply chain faces as it continues to
expand across the globe. For example, just as EPS was officially launching in
September, a key player in the independent distribution market announced it was
allocating memory products. We examine this story from all angles in Severe DRAM Allocation? Reality
Suggests Differently and Update: Plant Fire at SK Hynix
May Impact Supply, Pricing. Avnet
Electronics Marketing Global President Gerry Fay shared his views on the event in
Avnet's Fay: Hynix Fire Exposes
Supply Chain Vulnerability. Allocation was a real challenge in the
industry's heyday of the late 1990s, and we look back on some of the bad habits
formed back then in Things Every Buyer Should
Know.
OEMs are increasingly relying on
distributors to assist them in making key component selections for their product
designs. What customers may not know about this process is the kind of work and
investment that distributors and suppliers have to make in order to provide this
level of help. EPS delves into this topic in Linking Design, Distribution
and Purchasing; we hope you find it
enlightening.
We know the market is changing and buyers are changing
with it. We'd like to know more about that, and we'd like to enlist your
assistance with a survey EPS has launched as part of our efforts to gain a
better understanding of the electronics purchasing and procurement community. If
you buy or specify components for a manufacturer, we would like to hear from
you. The survey won't take more than 15 minutes and we will provide an executive
summary of the reports to respondents in addition to entering them into
a drawing to win one of two mini iPads.
Simply
click on the following link to get started: http://survey.beacontech.com/2328/cgi-bin/ciwweb.pl?studyname=2328&p=3&hid_pagenum=1&hid_link=1&hid_javascript=1. Be assured that
all answers are completely confidential and will be used only in combination
with others we receive. Your candid response is critical to the success of this
research.
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Delph: Avnet Aims to be Even
Bigger in IP&E
Avnet Inc. prides itself on
being a broadline distributor that's able to supply all the components needed by
its thousands of customers globally. Link
What RoH2 Man For Buyers and the Channel
Now that the
EU's Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) has been around awhile,
manufacturers have a pretty good idea what's necessary to comply with the
directive.Link
Military, Aviation Market More Vulnerable to
Counterfeiting
The global aviation and military
markets have become even more vulnerable to counterfeiting challenges today as
companies channel higher portions of their product development resources to the
consumer electronics segment, leaving lower volume sectors to utilize unsafe
channels for filling urgent and difficult component procurement needs, industry
sources said. Link
NKK Expands its Reach to
Customers
NKK Switches, a maker of highly engineered switch
products, wants to make its products available to as many customers as possible.
The Japan-based component maker, which already sells about 75 percent of its
volume through the channel, is increasing that level to reach more product
development teams, consolidate market information and ensure the right NKK
inventory is in place for its customers. Link |
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Severe DRAM Allocation? Reality
Suggests Differently
Spot
prices for DRAMs have shot up 19 percent since a recent fire at a SK Hynix
plant in China halted production at the industry's second-largest memory
supplier's facility but fears of "allocation" - one of the most dreaded words in
the purchasing community - will eventually prove unfounded. Link |
Rochester Electronics Offers PLM
Services
Rochester Electronics helps buyers and designers
with the end-of-life (EOL) management of their critical semiconductor devices.
As part of its product lifecycle management (PLM) services program, the
authorized manufacturer and distributor of semiconductors helps OEMs manage
their semiconductor bill of materials (BOM) from product design to maintenance,
repair, and operation (MRO) of equipment. Link |
India: Distribution's Next
Hotspot
India isn't the hottest market
for electronics right now but with more than 1.2 billion people, it has the
potentials to become one in future, hence the attention being paid to it by many
of the world's biggest electronics equipment manufacturers and other players in
the industry supply chain. Component distributors, especially, are avidly
exploring opportunities in the region and jostling with each other to service
the fledgling local electronics manufacturing market. Link |
A Better Path to Purchasing Cost
Reduction
Lytica offers our customers an M&A Synergy Savings report. For us, this is an
interesting report because it allows us to observe in detail the purchasing
effectiveness of two companies that have operated independently.Link
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