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Six ways to build more resilient supply chains
Factory lockdowns, transportation disruptions, and panic buying led to shortages of everything from medical supplies and household necessities to critical automotive and electronics components, says...
SEMI says: market recovery plus strong Autumn sales prediction
As world business conditions show improvement, SEMI.ORG are predicting strong sales of electronics during the Autumn “Fall” season. Global electronic equipment shipments were up 5.5% in...
ERAI shows how to spot a counterfeit using Analog Devices example
Sometimes it’s essential to use destructive testing to reveal counterfeit components, warns the counterfeit monitoring organisation ERAI in this post. While external visual testing is cheaper,...
Total MPU sales will increase slightly in 2020
Total microprocessor sales are forecast to grow 1.4% in 2020 to nearly $79.3b, following a 2.4% decline in 2019, which was the first revenue drop in the worldwide MPU market in 10 years, says IC...
First ministers urge support for Covid-hit aerospace sector, says Guardian
Nicola Sturgeon has joined forces with the first ministers of Wales and Northern Ireland, Mark Drakefor and Arlene Foster, to demand the UK government makes an “urgent intervention” to save the...
World Economic Forum: Protectionism greater threat to supply chain than Covid
“The greatest immediate and long-term risk to supply chains won’t be a virus. It will be trade protectionism, which was resurgent even before the COVID crisis, and now threatens to choke off...
