Everything Has a Cost Gerry Fay 6/11/2013 (4) comments Failing to plan may represent the greatest risk of all to the global supply chain.
Ensuring Components Meet Your Needs Ken Bradley 5/31/2013 (5) comments In the supply chain hierarchy of needs, certification assurance indicates the supplier’s product will meet regulatory standards, perform as expected, and be available when you need it.
New Ships Can Carry 22,000 Containers Best-Practices 5/30/2013 (22) comments Increasing carrying capacity with giant oceangoing freighters can reduce shipping cost per 20-foot container by as much as 40 percent.
CPOs Find Analytics Improve Margins Laurie Sullivan 5/30/2013 (13) comments Organizations using data analysis and internal collaboration techniques report wider profit margins than those that don’t.
Software to Keep Your Shipments on Time Sohaib Masood 5/29/2013 (24) comments Transportation management systems can help your electronics shipping plan on schedule, or come up with Plan B when things go wrong.
Backlogs May Be the New Normal Logical Link 5/28/2013 (12) comments Recent events in Korea and China suggest that parts shortages may be part of a new normal for smartphone manufacturers.
How to Overcome the 4 C's in Global Technology Shipping Change in the Chain 5/23/2013 (7) comments Mitigating unnecessary costs, protecting high-value products, navigating customs processes, and ensuring end-to-end visibility across the supply chain are all key challenges of international shipping.
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.
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.
Industrial Semi: Turnkey Services Smooth Uncharted Waters Supply Chain Intelligence 4/19/2013 (2) comments As semiconductor penetration increases, it is worthwhile to stop and recognize that not all industrial clients may have the same familiarity with electronics industry best-practices.
The FedEx-UPS Duopoly Brian Fuller 4/19/2013 (5) comments The two biggest ground shippers in North America raise prices seemingly annually, which can hurt small to midsized components companies that can't absorb or pass on the increases.
Europe-Asia Rail Link: One Step Closer? Logical Link 4/16/2013 (8) comments A uniform rail regime would take many years to assemble but could eventually present a cost-effective alternative to cargo planes and ships.
Get Supply Chain Analytics on Your Roadmap Lalit Wadhwa 4/12/2013 (2) comments Technology plays a critical role in assimilating large and complex data sets from upstream and downstream members of the value chain, analyzing it and modeling it to optimize the supply chain.
Insourcing's Boom Brian Fuller 4/3/2013 (4) comments Heavy manufacturing is coming back on shore by letting people imagine how they would eliminate their own jobs.
RFID Sparks New Supply Chain Demand Best-Practices 4/3/2013 (9) comments RFID makes it possible not only to increase the quantity and types of products streaming through the supply chain, but also to build higher-level products and services.
Making the Right Transportation Modal Decision Wade McDaniel 3/29/2013 (13) comments Truck or rail? Air or sea? The mode of transport can offer competitive advantage for organizations to increase profit margins through carefully optimizing their mode selection.
How to Do On-Shoring Right Brian Fuller 3/25/2013 (7) comments When you play in the surveillance-camera market, it pays to offshore your electronics manufacturing... unless you're an up-and-coming Canadian firm.
Outsourced Manufacturers Struggle With Uncertain Demand iSuppli EMS, ODM Insights 3/4/2013 (4) comments Improved inventory velocity was a key theme for the outsourced manufacturing industry in 2012. Fast forward 12 months, and the hoped-for improvement has not really materialized.
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.
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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