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The root cause for the unprecedented chip shortage facing the automotive industry as well as other industries such as healthcare and consumer electronics is three-fold: • The first cause has been the extreme market volatility in the automotive industry the past year, which has seen an extreme economic slowdown followed by a rapid recovery of…
The future of the aerospace industry and its supply chain coming into 2020 was bright, but no one could have predicted how much would change in just a few short months. Virtually every major industry experienced significant challenges in the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but few were quite as widespread or highly publicized as…
As the public continues to wait for a degree of normalcy following the COVID-19 pandemic, it is becoming quite clear that in certain industries, “normalcy” as we once knew it will never be the same. The healthcare industry is one such example, and medical device supply chains must be prepared for the new challenges they…
It is easy to view supply chain disruption in strict terms of dollars and cents, of profits made and losses accumulated, but consequences go far beyond that. Adjusting priorities and production delays is one thing, but human consequences are quite another. Such consequences can be easily seen today in automaker supply chains, which have recently…
It was not a surprise that the electronics manufacturing industry faced sizable challenges in the first quarter of 2020 following the series of global lockdowns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. What was a surprise, however, was the rapid demand that materialized following the market recovery near the end of the year, far outpacing supply…
Allied Electronics & Automation Begins 2021 With Bold Plans for Expansion According to a new press release, Allied Electronics & Automation has started the New Year by announcing several new additions to its portfolio of over 500 suppliers. Such additions included photocontrols and signaling devices from TORK, connectors from POLIARIS, tapes from WarriorWrap, visual equipment…