FORT WORTH, Texas -- RS Components, Allied Electronics' parent company based in the United Kingdom, recently won Printed Circuit Design & Fab (PCD&F) magazine's award for New Product Introduction of the Year in the PCB Design Tools category. DesignSpark PCB received the award based on creativity, innovation and user friendliness, as voted by an independent panel of practicing industry engineers. The powerful, professional PCB design tool was introduced by RS in July 2010 and has since been downloaded from the company's DesignSpark web site more than 80,000 times.
"DesignSpark PCB is one of the tools at the heart of the RS Components philosophy of making it quick and easy for engineers to find, buy and design with electronic components," comments Chris Page, Head of Electronics at RS Components. "Its global popularity is evident by the number of times it has been downloaded from our website, and this award, run by one of the world's leading authorities on PCB design, is testament to the work of the whole team here at RS. It demonstrates just how closely we understand what it takes to help electronics designers become more productive in their day-to-day work."
PCD&F Editor-in-Chief Mike Buetow presented the award to RS Technical Marketing Engineer Martin Keenan during a ceremony at the Apex Expo in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 12, 2011. PCD&F is an industry-leading magazine geared toward PCB Designers and fabricators all over the world.
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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?
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