US Buyers Optimistic for 2012 Barbara Jorgensen 4/30/2012 (10) comments Buyers at small and midsized manufacturers are feeling less pricing pressure from raw materials and are looking to improve efficiencies.
Inventory & Pricing: No Big Surprises Barbara Jorgensen 4/26/2012 (16) comments Component leadtimes extended modestly in the March quarter, indicating excess inventory has been worn off. Prices are expected to remain stable.
Counterfeit Components & the NIMBY* Effect Barbara Jorgensen 4/25/2012 (27) comments It doesn't necessarily take a lot of capital to set up a fraudulent components business. One- or two-person operations are very common.
Data Points to More Onshoring Barbara Jorgensen 4/23/2012 (13) comments Among the reasons cited by companies for moving back onshore are increasing labor costs overseas, concerns about product quality, and a desire to be closer to customers.
Warnings of Spectrum Shortages Resurface Barbara Jorgensen 4/19/2012 (16) comments Carriers are warning that the proliferation of smartphones, tablets, and other devices will overload existing spectrum, causing voice and data communications to slow down.
Asia Buyers Seek Sourcing Security Barbara Jorgensen 4/18/2012 (13) comments The electronics market in Asia has developed so rapidly that anyone with a PC and Internet service can sell components. Buyers are looking for more meaningful relationships
OLED Volumes Up, but So Are Prices Barbara Jorgensen 4/17/2012 (9) comments One of the issues that has been holding widespread adoption of OLED back has been production volumes. But lack of competition keeps prices high.
'Big Three' Emerge in LCD Market Barbara Jorgensen 4/11/2012 (18) comments Japan Display and Samsung Display have almost instantly positioned themselves among the three largest LCD makers in the world.
H-1B Visa Demand Spikes Barbara Jorgensen 4/9/2012 (8) comments Applications for 2013 H-1B visas topped 25,000 in a week. Last year, it took the government a month to receive that many. The government says the increase shows the economy is getting better.
The Race to $1,000 per Share Barbara Jorgensen 4/6/2012 (19) comments One stock has already exceeded the $1,000 mark, and the company just acquired its third electronics distributor.
How the After-Market & Counterfeiting Are Linked Barbara Jorgensen 4/5/2012 (5) comments The electronics industry spends millions of dollars in detection and inspection equipment. If the parts were disposed of as originally intended, a lot of this effort would be unnecessary.
HDDs Set to Rebound in Second Half Barbara Jorgensen 4/3/2012 (5) comments Although factories in Thailand are still cleaning up from last year's floods, production of hard disk drives is expected to return to preflood levels in the second half of this year.
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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