With Conexant filing for Chapter 11 last week, I'm curious about who is taking the financial hit and how the supply chain will be affected.
EE Times editor Junko Yoshida wrote the tech side of the story and it's been a breathtaking fall.
According to the filing, Conexant owed $2.83 million to Eastman Kodak, and Silterra Malaysia, are owed $1.98 million.
The lesson here is that bankruptcies always have a domino effect (Kodak went Chapter 11 in January 2012), and even without that end game, the shock wave Nokia has sent through the electronics supply chain is well known.
Conexant still had $135 million in revenue in 2012, so whoever is buying those parts is now potentially in a bind. Datasheets.com shows hundreds of Conexant part numbers covering modems, codecs, Ethernet switches, and audio parts in the supply chain mainly held by Arrows' Verical division.
It is very important to closely monitor health of every supplier that is critical for your product. There should more importance to products if there is no second supplier is available, mainly active integrated circuits.
@elctrnx_lyf do you have a set of tools or a methodology that you recommend for best tracking such things? Something like that would be a gold mine, as the alternative is time consuming and inefficient information hunting.
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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