Why Big Data Matters When Searching for Electronic Components

By Logan Wamsley

McDonald’s is back in the news this week as a $300 million buyer. While that could certainly buy a lot of Big Macs, the fast food staple is putting that capital to much better use with the purchase of Tel Aviv-based startup Dynamic Yield. This represents the largest single acquisition McDonald’s has made since Boston…

BOM Monitoring: The Best Safeguard Against the Effects of M&As

By Logan Wamsley

In 2016, Broadcom announced their intentions to acquire NXP Semiconductors for a whopping $44 billion. At the time, it was the largest single acquisition the electronic components industry had ever seen – and although the merger was cancelled in July of 2018, for a time it provided an appropriate capstone for what has very much…

Partstat’s Rapid RFQ System: Explained

By Logan Wamsley

Every supplier, following a thorough vetting process, is able to upload their inventory to the world’s largest free electronic component search engine and marketplace. While this in itself is a benefit, the act of uploading inventory comes with a variety of additional benefits that remain in place long after they first become a Partstat uploader.…

Pros and Cons of APIs, and What Makes Partstat API Different

By Logan Wamsley

In the last decade, the evolution of ecommerce as it relates to electronic components sourcing has been nothing short of incredible. Despite the highly advanced nature of the inventory OEMs buy, store, and use to assemble their products, the actual process of procuring them through inquiries, quoting, and games of back-and-forth phone tag has largely…

The Largest Electronic Component Search Engines, Compared

By Logan Wamsley

The electronics industry has recently experienced a period of steady growth and technological advancement – and many professionals who specialize in the act of buying and selling electronic components and semiconductors have come to incorporate the benefits of online marketplaces into their daily business practices. The primary appeal of these sources lies in a marketplace’s…