Richardson RFPD Announces Tech Hub EBN Newswire 8/28/2012 Post a comment The Tech Hub is a collaborative effort by the two companies, creating a one-stop-shop and resource for TriQuint GaN products
What the Apple-Samsung Case Wasn't About The Sanity Clause 8/27/2012 (6) comments Apple won against Samsung because of its innovation and not because it invented the wireless phone. That credit belongs to others.
RFID Tagging for Document Security Best-Practices 8/24/2012 (21) comments RFID can act as a personal, digital signet ring that will provide the authentication that any email I sent has come from me and not from a source using my email address.
Creating the 3D Printing Supply Chain Best-Practices 8/17/2012 (21) comments 3D printing will set the supply chain on its head and create a new set of manufacturers and component vendors for the nascent market.
My Fitbit Experiment: End of the Line Semico Spin 8/9/2012 (10) comments After one month of wearing the Fitbit our researcher is hanging up on the device and looking forward to trying out an updated version.
How Technology Has Ruined Music Barbara Jorgensen 8/1/2012 (16) comments The same technology that brought us Napster and iTunes has also brought us some person that dresses like a crazed mouse.
Richardson RFPD Announces Tech Hub EBN Newswire 8/28/2012 Post a comment The Tech Hub is a collaborative effort by the two companies, creating a one-stop-shop and resource for TriQuint GaN products
What the Apple-Samsung Case Wasn't About The Sanity Clause 8/27/2012 (6) comments Apple won against Samsung because of its innovation and not because it invented the wireless phone. That credit belongs to others.
RFID Tagging for Document Security Best-Practices 8/24/2012 (21) comments RFID can act as a personal, digital signet ring that will provide the authentication that any email I sent has come from me and not from a source using my email address.
Creating the 3D Printing Supply Chain Best-Practices 8/17/2012 (21) comments 3D printing will set the supply chain on its head and create a new set of manufacturers and component vendors for the nascent market.
My Fitbit Experiment: End of the Line Semico Spin 8/9/2012 (10) comments After one month of wearing the Fitbit our researcher is hanging up on the device and looking forward to trying out an updated version.
How Technology Has Ruined Music Barbara Jorgensen 8/1/2012 (16) comments The same technology that brought us Napster and iTunes has also brought us some person that dresses like a crazed mouse.
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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