Forward, March Brian Fuller 5/17/2013 Post a comment Improving our leadership skills is a goal to which we all can aspire.
Product Recalls & Consumer Safety Worry Supply Chain Pros Logical Link 5/17/2013 (4) comments A new report shows that most of the worrisome issues that the supply chain industry has been dealing with for years are not new, but there are some new concerns that need answers. Here’s a look at what keeps supply chain professionals up at night.
Contract Manufacturers Can Do More With AOI Michael Allen 5/15/2013 (3) comments Businesses can realize quality gains and cost savings with better use of automated optical inspection. Here’s how one company found success.
Top 25 Global Components Distributors Brian Fuller 5/13/2013 (4) comments Our Top 25 Global Electronics Component Distributors list shows not too much changed amid the electronic components distribution
landscape in 2012.
The Anti-Counterfeit Movement: Is It Really a Movement Yet? Logical Link 5/13/2013 (10) comments For many dealing with the enormous task of tracking,
reporting, and resolving issues associated with
potential counterfeit parts, there is a collective
hope that 2013 will bring clearer guidance on what
needs to be done by whom and when.
What’s 'at the Heart of It All' for FedEx Gerry Fay 5/10/2013 (6) comments In North America, the electronics supply chain relies heavily on ground shipping. Avnet's Gerry Fay interviews Dave Kevern, vice president, World-Wide Services at Federal Express to get insights.
What Business Are You In? Brian Fuller 5/8/2013 (7) comments Our business changes relentlessly. It behooves us to rise above our daily tasks to figure out just what business we'll be in next year.
Making Supply Chain Visibility Visible Logical Link 5/7/2013 (4) comments It's debatable whether visibility should be a stand-alone system or something more comprehensive than a single software platform.
Combating Counterfeiting Peter Buxbaum 5/6/2013 (9) comments How to counter counterfeiting in the electronics supply chain? Apply component identification techniques that are themselves difficult to counterfeit.
Qualcomm Rides the Mobile Wave Tam Harbert 5/3/2013 (8) comments Qualcomm has launched a big push to spread its cellular technology, and thus increase its royalty income, not to mention chip sales, beyond mobile phones.
New Survey Reveals Persistent Supply Chain Problems At the Source 5/3/2013 Post a comment While some parts of the high-tech supply chain network can be improved by implementing policies and procedures, other parts of the network are beyond the control of even the most skilled supply chain executive.
Tools for Time Management Career Engineering 5/2/2013 (8) comments Practical ways to manage our time can help alleviate stress, and improve productivity and job satisfaction.
How Tech Brands Avoid Being Boring Savvy Tech Marketing 5/1/2013 (5) comments Think about the larger picture and emphasizing the human element to tell stories that will improve your branding.
Intel’s Supply Chain Sweet Spot At the Source 4/30/2013 (21) comments As Intel improves its chip technology and deals with a declining PC market, the company is still making a concerted effort to improve its supply chain.
Can We Trust the Future? Part 2 Eric Sivertson 4/29/2013 (13) comments Our societal evolution will rely heavily upon devices that will inevitably need to trust each other, just as we have done as humans.
We Need Performance, Not Speculation Ken Bradley 4/26/2013 (25) comments We seem to have lost the ability to control our destiny. You work hard but fall farther behind. You can’t count on much to be "as expected" in the future.
The Supply Chain Talent Crisis Brian Fuller 4/25/2013 (27) comments New, multifaceted supply chain skills and how to find them are the subject of an upcoming webinar, April 30.
Supply Chain Meets Design Chain Brian Fuller 4/24/2013 (8) comments The Great Recession pushed savvy contract manufacturers to dive into design services. Here's one example.
EBN Dialogue enables and encourages you to participate in live chats with notable leaders and luminaries. Not only editors and journalists, but the entire EBN community is able to comment and ask questions. Listed below are upcoming and archived chats.
Archived Dialogues
Thailand Stages a Comeback Join EBN contributor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday August 23, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. EST for a live chat on how electronic manufacturers in Thailand have shored up their supply chain to reduce the impact of future natural disasters.
Euro-Crisis: What It Means for High-Tech Firms Join EBN Editor in Chief Bolaji Ojo and Contributing Editor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday, July 12, at 10:00 a.m. EDT for a Live Chat on high-tech and Europe's economic difficulties.
Microsoft Surface: Potential Winners & Losers What are the implications for the electronics industry supply chain of Microsoft Corp.'s decision to launch its own tablet PC? Join industry veteran and EE Times' systems and OEM expert Rick Merritt on Tuesday, July 3, at 12:00 pm EDT for a Live Chat on this subject.
Join EBN contributor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday August 23, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. EST for a live chat on how electronic manufacturers in Thailand have shored up their supply chain to reduce the impact of future natural disasters.
Peter Drucker famously said "Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window." Yet in the razor's-edge world of electronics—with a lean supply chain and just-in-time demands—the need to know the future is vital.
While no one really can accurately predict the future, we can take guidance from another Drucker saying which is the best way to predict the future is to create it.
You've heard the saying "the No. 1 supply chain risk is your people." That hasn't always been the case. But today's complex global supply chain requires a new type of multitalented employee. It's one who understands, finance, marketing, economics, is savvy with technology, graceful with relationships and can think analytically.
Where are these people? Are universities properly preparing the next generation supply chain professionals? How do train your existing workforce for these new, demanding positions?
Brian Fuller, editor-in-chief of EBN, will lead a 60-minute Avnet Velocity panel discussion that will ask and answer these and other questions swirling around today's supply-chain talent challenges.
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