I hope to see much more development and implementation of renewable energy in the world. We desparately need it. We need to remove our dependancy on oil.
Which aspect of new technology are you really expecting to see come 2013? And also who and who would make impact in markets more - Amazon, Google, Samsung, and Microsoft? I foresee Microsoft and Samsung becoming stronger from 2013, for Apple, just has to get ready to battle it out with new challengers. Markets no longer Samsung, RIM, Nokia and Apple.
I am hoping to see concrete financial recovery in the US and Europe in 2013, which will also have significant effects on the rest of the world. The global economy needs to pick up so that more people are able to find jobs and keep a smiling face.
The turth is full recovery will need a few more years according to the experts but I am one of those people who believe hoping does not hurt!
@Adenji, I am optimistic about 2013. I really hope economy will recover in 2013 creating millions of jobs. I am excited to see what new technology will take centrestage in 2013.
I agree with you , as long as there will be an "original" product, the tendency to have a counterfeit is high especially if there is strong demand for such product.
The best efforts on fighting counterfeiter would take us to a point where every consumer will be able to detect and identify which is original and which is counterfeit.
Clairvoyant, I think counterfeiting is definite to remain a problem in the electronics industry and for all other manufacturers. I also believe the industry will continue efforts to find innovative ways to eliminate the problem. Will it die out completely? I doubt it. The real danger to the industry is that the cost of fighting counterfeiters will rise to a level that many may just more carefully choose which to fight.
I'm curious to see what will happen with regards to counterfeit components. Will this issue get worse? Or will more companies get caught and lower the amount of counterfeit components?
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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.
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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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