Making Sense of the Tools of the Trade Barbara Jorgensen 4/26/2011 (6) comments Design and purchasing tools are having a tough time keeping up with the amount of data that's attached to any given component
Tech Startups Optimistic About Hiring Barbara Jorgensen 4/22/2011 (26) comments Nationwide, 83 percent of tech startups plan to hire this year, up significantly from those that reported plans to hire in 2010
Celestica Diversifies With Brooks Barbara Jorgensen 4/21/2011 (3) comments Brooks is Celestica's third acquisition since the beginning of 2010. Prior to last year, the company's last acquisition was in 2005
How Purchasers Can Increase Productivity Barbara Jorgensen 4/20/2011 (5) comments Buyers have to account for every cent they spend, where they spend it, and whether they are getting the best value for the expenditure
Improving Efficiency in the Supply Chain Barbara Jorgensen 4/19/2011 (9) comments In the electronics supply chain, each successive change you make costs an order of magnitude more than if you made that change in the previous stage
What's in a Name, Part 2 Barbara Jorgensen 4/11/2011 Post a comment Some of terms used to describe channel players may be too narrow to fit a distributor's actual role in the supply chain
What's in a Name? Barbara Jorgensen 4/8/2011 (14) comments Although most catalogue distributors are still printing catalogues, the term doesn't necessarily reflect their business model
TI-National: Power in the Channel Barbara Jorgensen 4/5/2011 (5) comments TI could conceivably use its added clout to influence its channel, but both TI and National work with their distributors toward a common goal
Commodity Prices on the Rise Barbara Jorgensen 4/4/2011 (10) comments Manufacturing activity in the US is continuing to expand, but rising prices for commodity goods could hamper growth
Making Sense of the Tools of the Trade Barbara Jorgensen 4/26/2011 (6) comments Design and purchasing tools are having a tough time keeping up with the amount of data that's attached to any given component
Tech Startups Optimistic About Hiring Barbara Jorgensen 4/22/2011 (26) comments Nationwide, 83 percent of tech startups plan to hire this year, up significantly from those that reported plans to hire in 2010
Celestica Diversifies With Brooks Barbara Jorgensen 4/21/2011 (3) comments Brooks is Celestica's third acquisition since the beginning of 2010. Prior to last year, the company's last acquisition was in 2005
How Purchasers Can Increase Productivity Barbara Jorgensen 4/20/2011 (5) comments Buyers have to account for every cent they spend, where they spend it, and whether they are getting the best value for the expenditure
Improving Efficiency in the Supply Chain Barbara Jorgensen 4/19/2011 (9) comments In the electronics supply chain, each successive change you make costs an order of magnitude more than if you made that change in the previous stage
What's in a Name, Part 2 Barbara Jorgensen 4/11/2011 Post a comment Some of terms used to describe channel players may be too narrow to fit a distributor's actual role in the supply chain
What's in a Name? Barbara Jorgensen 4/8/2011 (14) comments Although most catalogue distributors are still printing catalogues, the term doesn't necessarily reflect their business model
TI-National: Power in the Channel Barbara Jorgensen 4/5/2011 (5) comments TI could conceivably use its added clout to influence its channel, but both TI and National work with their distributors toward a common goal
Commodity Prices on the Rise Barbara Jorgensen 4/4/2011 (10) comments Manufacturing activity in the US is continuing to expand, but rising prices for commodity goods could hamper growth
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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