Electronic Component Lifecycle Platform
Cash is king. This is an idiom that has long been used to drive business decisions, but in the COVID-19 economy, it has proved particularly true. On-hand capital is the life preserver that gives companies the buffer needed to survive unexpected catastrophes, such as the worldwide economic lockdown that occurred in early 2020 as a…
There are few issues that cause more friction between OEMs and their contract manufacturers than last time buys. Although last time buys are often necessary to ensure the lifecycle of the OEM product, the protocol for the last time buy, or who holds responsibility for the last time buy, is often murky at best. For…
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…
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…