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March 25, 2025

Overcoming Electronics Supply Chain Shortages: A Strategy for OEMs

The catastrophic supply chain shortages of the pandemic era are largely behind us, but targeted shortages continue to ...

March 14, 2025

How Supply Chain Optimization Reduces Component Costs for OEMs

Supply chain inefficiencies impact OEM bottom lines, increase procurement risks, and create unnecessary operational ...

November 26, 2024

How OEMs Overcome Shortage Obstacles for Electronic Components

While supply chains have (finally) started to normalize, there are still concerns on the horizon. For example, KPMG's 24th ...

October 11, 2024

8 Tips For Strategic Cost Reductions in the Electronics Supply Chain

Cost reduction strategies are always top-of-mind for manufacturers and buyers of electronic components, especially as ...

October 7, 2024

The Role of High-Power Microscopy in Component Lab Inspections

High-power optical examinations are a versatile, go-to technique that’s the workhorse of the inspection lab. Microscopy is ...

October 1, 2024

Why Quality Control Inspections Matter For Electronic Components

Amid supply chain disruption and chip shortages, the market was flooded with remarked, counterfeit parts and electronic ...

July 30, 2024

4 Ways An Obsolescence Management Partner Drives Your Supply Chain

Obsolescence management is part careful preparation, part fortune-telling, and part resourcefulness. Your business depends ...

July 30, 2024

4 Inspection Methods To Identify Counterfeit Electronic Components

Counterfeit electronic components are a major threat to supply chains and remain an ongoing challenge. Although governments ...

July 22, 2024

Solderability Testing for Electronic Components

In the electronic components industry, solderability testing is performed to determine how well the leads on a component ...

July 18, 2024

3 Reasons to Source Electronic Components From a Hybrid Distributor

The hybrid distribution model provides a powerful competitive advantage when it comes time to source electronic components. ...

July 18, 2024

Have Excess Inventory? Find a Trusted Electronic Components Buyer.

Are surplus electronic parts and components burning a hole in your pocket? Is the warehouse full and stock not moving? ...

June 13, 2024

Obsolescence Management Before It Becomes A Problem

Component obsolescence is considered a supply chain threat by roughly three-quarters of Electronic Design and Source Today ...

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