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There are few things capable of driving production quite like deadlines. It is easy to maintain the status quo when the idea of waiting until tomorrow is a somewhat justifiable alternative, but remove the certainty of tomorrow from the equation, it is much easier to wake up long-dormant motivations. In a way, the news of…
If asked what determines the manufacturing cost of an electronic component, many might be surprised to discover that the most capital is spent during raw materials acquisition. This holds particularly true for passive components such as multilayered ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs), which incorporate a variety of materials into their designs including nickel, copper, aluminum, zinc,…
If your company just received a product change notification (PCN) for a critical electronic component or semiconductor, the first thing you should do is consider yourself one of the lucky ones. Of all the electronic components that transition toward obsolescence, roughly half are issued without any prior notice. While component manufactures do strive to keep…
So much of the business continuity that defines the success of an electronic equipment supply chain — or any supply chain — is based on an OEM’s ability to maintain open lines of communication with their suppliers. The act of transitioning an active electronic component or semiconductor to obsolescence, for example, is a decision made…
Last July, the U.S. imposed $34 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, with an additional 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion of goods to be implemented after a public comment period. While some analysts predicted that such levies would only last for a short while, in recent months, trade tensions between the two world powers…
Not long ago, few would argue that the healthcare and consumer electronics industries had anything in common. In fact, the two industries in many respects existed as polar inverses of each other. Where one was defined by ever-shortening lifecycles in line with both short consumer buyer cycles and electronic component lifecycles, the other was defined…