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Douglas Alexander 5/23/2013 (12) comments
Machine-to-machine communication -- when sensors, cameras, and wireless technologies are used to monitor, analyze, and forward critical information to Internet-connected devices -- ...
James Montgomery
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James Montgomery 5/23/2013 (4) comments
Manufacturers cannot presume that they can sustain success with traditional decision-making when facing today's unparalleled shifts in markets, demands, technologies, and opportunities.
Nicole Lewis
Nicole Lewis 5/22/2013 (2) comments
While nearly three quarters of technology executives feel their organizations are greatly dependent on innovation, only 13 percent believe innovation delivers a competitive advantage, ...
Steve Martin
Steve Martin 5/22/2013 (5) comments
Despite the seeming tide of counterfeit components that have bombarded the electronics market in recent years, buyers are not helpless against the onslaught.
Jennifer Baljko
Jennifer Baljko 5/17/2013 (26) comments
You would expect to see government regulations, counterfeit parts, and shortened device lifecycles dominate a list of concerns that worry supply chain professionals. What's less likely to ...
Brian Fuller
Brian Fuller 5/16/2013 (13) comments
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The semiconductor industry's in a funk, and the success of the supply chain has a lot to do with it.
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Worldwide chip sales are expected to decrease to $303 billion in 2012, down from $310 billion in 2011
Global semiconductor revenue now is expected to decline slightly for the year, contracting by 0.1 percent
Higher ASPs are being driven by the growing proportion of TV sets bearing advanced features and large display sizes
The latest drop in the Inventory Index is due primarily to an aggressive stockpile burn-off from Japanese supplier Elpida Memory
Sales of personal computers were flat in the second quarter compared with the same period in 2011 on slowing consumer purchases, IDC said
The entry-level 8-Gigabyte version of Google's new Nexus 7 media tablet carries a bill of materials of $151.75, said IHS iSuppli
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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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