Conflict Minerals and the Electronics Supply Chain
The SEC’s new rule regarding corporate conflict minerals reporting will affect everyone in the electronics channel as the high cost of reporting translates to higher pricesread more
View ArticleAvoiding the gray market for electronic components
Steve Martin, Components Direct With numerous points of entry into the supply chain, the so-called “gray market” makes part traceability nearly impossible and increases the risk of bad parts entering...
View ArticleHot Consumer Devices Push New Design Innovations
Todd Traylor, N.F. Smith & Associates Next-generation component capabilities are driving the newest trends in consumer electronics; here’s one distributor’s take on the latest developments from...
View ArticleDistributors Add System-Level Training To Their Services
Avnet’s Tim Barber talks about the changing training and education environment and its growing importance to today’s customers. read more
View ArticleRoHS recast rules still ‘under the radar’
Distributors selling products into Europe say it’s still quiet on the customer front when it comes to meeting RoHS 2 rules that took effect in January; N.F. Smith and Associates’ Matt Harztell weighs...
View ArticleMeeting supply chain challenges
Avnet Electronics Marketing’s Lalit Wadhwa talks about the road to building resilient supply chains read more
View ArticleCombating counterfeit components: what buyers need to know
By Steve Martin Education, awareness and training on counterfeit components and the best sources of supply are the keys to keeping counterfeits out of your supply chainread more
View ArticleQ&A with Future Electronics’ Lindsley Ruth
Future Electronics is using its focus on people and inventory—and its penchant for the complexity that comes with globalization—as a pathway to growth and opportunity in 2013read more
View Article5 Questions With: Ed Smith, President, Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas
Avnet’s Ed Smith talks about the outlook for the electronics industry, the “regionalization” of electronics manufacturing, and key trends discussed at this year’s Electronics Distribution Show in Las...
View ArticleGlobalization, product obsolescence top supply chain challenges
Executive Q&A: Distributors respond with tools to help engineers, procurement professionals meet increasingly complex electronics supply chain, says Components Direct’s Steve Martinread more
View ArticleFive Questions with Glenn Smith, Mouser Electronics
Glenn Smith talks about key changes in the electronics supply chain during his 40-year tenure at Mouser Electronicsread more
View Article5 Questions with Paul Buckley, President, Newark element14
Newark’s Paul Buckley gives his industry outlook for the rest of 2013 and talks about the changing voice—and needs—of the electronics customer in this executive interviewread more
View Article5 Questions with Mark Larson, Digi-Key Corp.
Digi-Key expects a record year as investments in global expansion and a sharper focus on production business bear fruit read more
View ArticleEngineers, buyers need the independent channel
By Anton Wurr Customers rely on the independent channel, but they must take care in choosing the right distribution partnerread more
View Article5 Questions With: Michael Knight, TTI, Inc.
TTI stays the course as economic challenges persist and technology drives change in the electronic components industryread more
View ArticleSmaller and faster components fuel the IP&E market
The interconnect, passive, and electromechanical market remains solid. Avnet’s Dave Jakubowski talks about Avnet’s strategy to bring IP&E capabilities to its customers.read more
View Article5 Questions With: Frank Flynn, Sager Electronics
Top 50 distributor Sager Electronics is focused on adding lines, building its power supply business, and sharpening its focus on medical, industrial, and instrumentation customersPublication Inforead more
View Article5 Questions With: Riad Nizam, Master Electronics
Global Purchasing Staff Top 50 Distributor Master Electronics points to electrical vehicles and the semiconductor equipment market as bright spots in the electronics supply chain this yearread more
View Article5 Questions With: Russel Dorwart, PEI-Genesis
This specialty distributor of high-reliability interconnect products is focused on new end markets and expansion into China to combat a slow-growth marketread more
View ArticleDevelopment Kits Present New Market Needs
Design engineers now expect supportive solutions through the design cycle, not just a variety of components.Supply Chain Trendsread more
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