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Amid ongoing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic — which most recently have taken the form of a global chip shortfall that has the attention of lawmakers around the world — there is renewed focus on the importance of manufacturers building and maintaining long-term relationships with their suppliers and EMS providers. Continuing the Conversation on…
For a brief time, blockchain was something of a market joke, an almost made-up word that drew investors for little reason other than it was “the future.” Now that blockchain is beginning to have a very real and very profound impact in how we operate within a technological landscape, it is time that we take…
If your company just received a product change notification (PCN) for a critical electronic component or semiconductor, the first thing you should do is consider yourself one of the lucky ones. Of all the electronic components that transition toward obsolescence, roughly half are issued without any prior notice. While component manufactures do strive to keep…
So much of the business continuity that defines the success of an electronic equipment supply chain — or any supply chain — is based on an OEM’s ability to maintain open lines of communication with their suppliers. The act of transitioning an active electronic component or semiconductor to obsolescence, for example, is a decision made…
Although many manufacturing cycles in the last century have been defined by periods of consolidation and diversification (aerospace being a notable example of this), few analysts would argue that the electronics supply chain has not grown substantially more complex in a relatively short amount of time. Many industries that rarely had need for much beyond…
There was a time in the not-so-distant past where contract manufacturers (CMs) fulfilled a singular role in an OEM supply chain: product assembly. It’s a vital step in the manufacturing process, to be sure, but it was also a role kept isolated from the other processes necessary to fully realize a concept from design to…