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 ...

June 12, 2024

How to Vet New Suppliers When Sourcing Electronic Components

Parts go obsolete. Products change. Vendor relationships come and go. Whatever the reason, you’ll eventually need to vet new ...

June 5, 2024

5 Advanced Component Testing Capabilities At Sensible Micro

Every supplier, manufacturer, and OEM plays a role in ensuring the integrity of the components they order. It’s never enough ...

June 20, 2022

Recycled Electronic Components & Marking Permanency Tests

The recycling of electronic components is essential to sustainable manufacturing in the semiconductor industry. However, it ...

May 3, 2022

The Importance of Quality Assurance Certifications in the Supply Chain

Quality assurance has taken on even greater importance in the electronic components supply chain over the last few years. ...

April 13, 2022

The 7 Most Important QA Certifications, Including ISO 9001:2015

In the electronics supply chain, quality is everything. Nearly identical parts may be available from a broad spectrum of ...

February 28, 2022

9 Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions For Obsolete Components

With the worldwide chip shortage in full swing, many manufacturers have sought to mitigate the worst impacts by filling gaps ...

January 15, 2021

Does Your Electronic Component Distributor Really Know Medical Tech?

Industry restrictions carefully regulate the design and manufacturing of medical devices to ensure their efficacy and ...

August 26, 2020

ANSI/ESD S20.20 Certified Distributor

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a quick electrical shock given off by a person or other 'charged' object. In the ...

August 6, 2020

Supply Chain Disruption in Electronics Manufacturing

Supply chain disruptions cause major problems for electronics manufacturers and service providers. Disruptions also draw ...

June 17, 2020

CCAP-101 Certified - Counterfeit Components Avoidance Program

Counterfeit electronic components pose a major issue to the global electronics industry, especially when it comes to ...

February 13, 2020

RoHS - Retinning may be a Solution

With the most recent roll-out of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive, also known as the EU RoHS 3, or ...

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