Mouser Electronics Releases Latest Empowering Innovation Together Series

By Logan Wamsley

The first video from Mouser Electronics’ long-running web series has finally arrived. Started in 2015, Mouser’s Empowering Innovation Together™ program has become renowned across the electronic component industry for its nuanced, thoughtful look into how revolutionary technologies are changing the lives of millions across the globe. This year, the series will tackle one of the…

Digi-Key Expanding Thief River Falls, Minnesota HQ With 1 Million Square Foot Distribution Center

By Logan Wamsley

Digi-Key Electronics, a leader in the global electronics components distribution space, is commencing expansion on a new facility at their headquarters in April 2018. Construction, as noted by the Duluth News Tribune, is anticipated to take approximately three to four years to complete. In 2017, the distributor realized growth that exceeded expectations, with sales amounting…

Avnet Providing Sales and Support in the Americas for Nordic Semiconductor’s Ultra Low Power Wireless Solutions

By Logan Wamsley

Avnet, a leading global technology distributor, will now distribute Nordic Semiconductor’s “Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE), ANT+, IEEE 802.15.4, and 2.4GHz proprietary ultra low power (ULP) wireless connectivity solutions in the Americas” per an agreement the two parties signed in March 2018, as revealed in Avnet’s press release. Nordic Semiconductor, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, is…

Arrow Electronics to Bring Arrow Connect to LIGHTFAIR

By Logan Wamsley

Arrow Electronics, Inc. is planning to “light up” the 29th annual LIGHTFAIR International Expo. Scheduled to begin on May 8th, 2018 at Chicago’s McCormick Place — the largest convention center in North America — the LIGHTFAIR International Expo self-describes as “the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference.” As a proud…

Partstat BOM Monitoring Solution: Your First 14 Days

By Logan Wamsley

Nearly every Partstat customer who enrolls in our BOM Monitoring Solution already realizes they are getting the world’s premier service for obsolescence management — and the only one capable of predicting the growing issue of component allocation. What few realize, however, is that Partstat customers do not have to wait a few weeks or months…

The Best Obsolescence Management Strategy Still Comes Down to People

By Logan Wamsley

Much has been said in the news recently regarding supply chain automation finally reaching the potential analysts predicted decades ago, which has prompted intense discussions regarding obvious production benefits against the threat they pose to long-established factory positions. By 2030, some experts estimate that over 70 million of these jobs could be in jeopardy —…