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How Will RISC-V Change Supply Chains For Advanced Chips?
From innovative new electronics to the most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) use cases, advanced chips form the backbone of the latest technologies—the current rate of innovation hinges on more power in smaller packages. For years, many industries have not had the expertise or resources to pursue custom chip designs, despite the fact that custom chips would bring a huge range of features in varying applications, such as harnessing the power
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How Multimodal LLMs Address Supply Chain Challenges
The modern supply chain is a complex and dynamic network that spans across industries and the globe, encompassing a wide range of processes, everything from procurement and production all the way to distribution and delivery. As global supply chains become increasingly intricate, supply chain managers face numerous challenges, including demand forecasting, inventory management, logistics optimization and risk mitigation. The traditional methods
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Smart Strategies for Managing Rising Component Prices
The electronics industry is currently facing a significant challenge: rising component prices. This trend is driven by a variety of factors and requires strategic management to maintain competitiveness. In the article, we will present an analysis of the challenges faced by the electronics industry due to rising component prices. There are the key drivers of this trend, including supply chain disruptions, increased demand for electronic components
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Move Over China, Malaysia Intends to Be the Next Semiconductor Powerhouse
While China combats other regions of the world with new import-export tariffs and uncertainty around its long-term distribution of electronics, there is potential for Malaysia to make headway in the industry. Watching things unfold we realize that, following great effort to improve the supply of components like semiconductors and other pieces of consumer electronics, there is potential for these gains to be reversed in the form of higher overall
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How Are Buyers Working Around New Chinese Tariffs?
The trade war between the US and China is triggering significant changes that could impact supply chains, from the electronic powerhouse in the Far East to the emerging Western industries. However, China’s favorable pricing structure may alleviate any concerns about increased import prices and limitations, resulting in mere inconveniences for supply chains rather than major disruptions. Not only is the US making bold changes, though, as European
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Overcoming Single Source Risks in Medical Device Manufacturing
Medical devices face single-source risks in their supply chains. Procurement managers and electrical engineers can address these risks, but it requires looking throughout the medical electronics supply chain.
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Can This Innovative Tech Solve Our Energy Storage Dilemma?
Welcome to the CTRL+Listen podcast brought to you by Octopart. In this episode, host James Sweetlove interviews Mark Swinnerton, the CEO of Green Gravity, a company pioneering the use of gravitational energy storage to support renewable energy solutions. Discover how Green Gravity is transforming legacy mine shafts into mechanical batteries to provide sustainable energy storage solutions. Listen to the Episode: Watch the Episode: Episode
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Water Reduction and Reclamation in PCB Manufacturing
It’s no secret that PCB manufacturing uses copious amounts of water—as much as 264 billion gallons per year. Until a recent shift in trend, sustainability initiatives have been mainly focused on decreasing carbon emissions and energy consumption. However, the industry is now turning toward water reduction and reclamation to preserve natural resources and contribute toward a more balanced (and health-safe) planet. And it couldn’t be soon enough
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Where Companies Are Going After They Leave China
Following economic reforms that provided tax breaks, subsidies, and other incentives and thereby opened China's proverbial doors to foreign investment, China swiftly became the world's most popular manufacturing hub. Low labor costs and a robust infrastructure, including roads, ports, and airports that make it easy to transport goods in and out of China, and a strong technology sector that placed Chinese companies at the forefront of developing
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4 Key Certifications for Electronic Parts Distributors
In the rapidly evolving electronics industry landscape, parts distributors are under growing pressure to demonstrate compliance with a range of certifications that are pivotal in ensuring product quality, environmental responsibility and operational safety. These certifications are influencing many facets of electronic parts distribution from supply chain management to end-user satisfaction, with the potential of providing a strategic
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Ensuring Reliable Sourcing in Medical Device Supply Chains
Key complications include the multifaceted complex nature of medical devices, the intricate assembly process, stringent regulatory requirements, import/export restrictions, and a fiercely competitive landscape, and a need for a continuous improvement (CI) system (figure 1). To navigate these challenges, organisations can take actions to invest in research and development, implement strong quality control measures, build robust regulatory teams
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Where Does Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Help with Supply Chain Management?
PLM is a systematic approach to managing the series of changes a product goes through, from its design and development to its ultimate retirement or disposal. SCM, on the other hand, involves the active management of supply chain activities to maximize customer value and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. The PLM software market is valued at US$47.3 billion in 2023, and is projected to reach US$80.3 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of
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Overview of TSCA’s New PFAS Requirements
Quick Reference Guide: Important Dates and Resources For most covered entities: The EPA submission period begins on November 12, 2024, and closes on May 8, 2025 Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)(7)- Published October 11, 2023 Central Data Exchange (EPA’s electronic reporting site) Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory Instructions for Reporting PFAS Under TSCA Section 8(a)(7) (EPA) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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Newly Updated US Export Rules to China Target AI Chips
Amidst an escalating tech rivalry between the United States and China, the semiconductor industry finds itself in the middle of the confrontation. The recent update to US export controls targeting AI chips and chipmaking tools destined for China has introduced a new chapter in this technological tug-of-war. While aimed at curtailing China's scientific and military advancement, these measures have broad ramifications for the electronic component
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Where to Find PFAS in Electronics
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances ( PFAS) are a group of nearly 15,000 synthetic chemicals, “forever chemicals” that are extremely slow to degrade, remaining in the environment for an unknown amount of time and, over time, possibly leaking into the soil, water, and air. Besides their environmental impact, health regulators are concerned about how exposure to these chemicals may impact human health, including increasing the risk of some cancers
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Can Buyers Be Proactive About Obsolescence?
Ever changing technologies and fluctuations in supply and demand in the semiconductor industry lead to more cases of component obsolescence—a historical response to evolving technology or shifts in the supply chain. More than 70% of electronic components become obsolete before they are installed and buyers are always trailing behind their suppliers as they develop newer, more capable parts. This can likely occur through discontinuation of certain
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How Much Will Section 301 Tariffs on Electronic Component Imports from China Cost?
The clock is ticking towards a pivotal moment for importers with the looming May 31, 2024, expiration of selected Section 301 tariff exclusions. These exemptions have been a lifeline for over 300 product categories, extending a financial reprieve to critical segments, including essential medical supplies aimed at combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Unless the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issues yet another extension (see below)
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