Benefits of a Free Electronic Component Search Engine
While we all love to read the word “free” and take advantage of whatever service or product is being offered, we have also grown to view the term with a degree of skepticism. By virtue…
The Connection Between BOM Monitoring and Last Time Buys
The inventory procurement process in the middle of a production run for most manufacturers moves so fast that many engineers do not stop to consider exactly how the process is typically structured. Rather than viewing…
The Future of Aerospace Requires OEMs to Rethink Supply Chain
Aviation historians, at least ones of the couch-sitting variety, typically do not have a fondness for hydrogen for one reason and one reason only: The Hindenburg. Due to the scarcity of helium in the United…
6 Benefits of Die and Wafer Utilization for Electronics OEMs
One of the most exciting developments in the electronics world over the last few years is the increased adoption of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and by extension, die and wafer banking, into OEM designs across…
Understanding the Relationship Between OEM Engineers, Contract Manufacturers, and OCMs
There are many exciting trends occurring in the electronics manufacturing industry, and while there will always be concern as analysts err on the side of caution, collectively it speaks to an optimism about what the…
The Value of BOM Monitoring in the Production Phase
There is a misconception that exists in the electronics manufacturing industry that the implementation of BOM monitoring only becomes valuable at a very specific point in an OEM product’s lifecycle — a late point. This…