Will 2013 Be the Year of Big-Data? Barbara Jorgensen 1/22/2013 (14) comments Electronics makers are looking to leverage the advantages of big-data in forecasting and demand planning. How successful will they be?
McLendon Takes Reins at Allied Barbara Jorgensen 1/17/2013 (1) comment Like other catalogue distributors, Allied is moving beyond the catalogue model and taking the "multichannel" approach to distribution.
Why PCs Aren't Selling Barbara Jorgensen 1/11/2013 (29) comments Tablets aren't better than PCs for many functions, so why are PCs trying to become more like tablets?
Manufacturing Job-Growth Equation Is Changing News of the Day 1/10/2013 (8) comments Only 20 percent of the manufacturing jobs lost in the United States since 2000 can be tied to outsourcing. The rest are due to productivity gains.
Upgradeable TV: Brilliant or Crazy? Barbara Jorgensen 1/8/2013 (21) comments Instead of buying new TVs, consumers would buy a box that upgrades their current set. It is a boon or bust for the supply chain?
E-Waste: Not Easy at All Barbara Jorgensen 1/7/2013 (16) comments There are so many rules associated with e-waste collection that well-intended consumers might just give up.
Finding & Securing Hard-to-Find Parts Barbara Jorgensen 12/21/2012 (9) comments OEMs, component makers, distributors, and supply chain partners must collaborate to resolve challenges related to procuring scarce parts.
The Design Is Done: Now What? Barbara Jorgensen 12/20/2012 (17) comments For a successful product launch, other departments and groups must get involved well before the design engineers complete their task.
Reversal of Fortune: Really? News of the Day 12/18/2012 (7) comments Nothing has exactly signaled a yearend run on semiconductor inventory, but the industry could expect a more balanced picture than the one IHS offers.
The Channel Reaches Out to Design Engineers Barbara Jorgensen 12/11/2012 (5) comments Distributors are offering research materials to design engineers, and becoming essential to the establishment of an efficient design chain.
Will 2013 Be the Year of Big-Data? Barbara Jorgensen 1/22/2013 (14) comments Electronics makers are looking to leverage the advantages of big-data in forecasting and demand planning. How successful will they be?
McLendon Takes Reins at Allied Barbara Jorgensen 1/17/2013 (1) comment Like other catalogue distributors, Allied is moving beyond the catalogue model and taking the "multichannel" approach to distribution.
Why PCs Aren't Selling Barbara Jorgensen 1/11/2013 (29) comments Tablets aren't better than PCs for many functions, so why are PCs trying to become more like tablets?
Manufacturing Job-Growth Equation Is Changing News of the Day 1/10/2013 (8) comments Only 20 percent of the manufacturing jobs lost in the United States since 2000 can be tied to outsourcing. The rest are due to productivity gains.
Upgradeable TV: Brilliant or Crazy? Barbara Jorgensen 1/8/2013 (21) comments Instead of buying new TVs, consumers would buy a box that upgrades their current set. It is a boon or bust for the supply chain?
E-Waste: Not Easy at All Barbara Jorgensen 1/7/2013 (16) comments There are so many rules associated with e-waste collection that well-intended consumers might just give up.
Finding & Securing Hard-to-Find Parts Barbara Jorgensen 12/21/2012 (9) comments OEMs, component makers, distributors, and supply chain partners must collaborate to resolve challenges related to procuring scarce parts.
The Design Is Done: Now What? Barbara Jorgensen 12/20/2012 (17) comments For a successful product launch, other departments and groups must get involved well before the design engineers complete their task.
Reversal of Fortune: Really? News of the Day 12/18/2012 (7) comments Nothing has exactly signaled a yearend run on semiconductor inventory, but the industry could expect a more balanced picture than the one IHS offers.
The Channel Reaches Out to Design Engineers Barbara Jorgensen 12/11/2012 (5) comments Distributors are offering research materials to design engineers, and becoming essential to the establishment of an efficient design chain.
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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