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Mouser’s vice president, EMEA marketing, Graham Maggs explains how state-of-the-art automation is driving efficiency improvements in its warehouses and distribution centre. Adoption of start-of-the-art automation boosts efficiency and lowers costs. It also drives more sustainable operations and improved customer satisfaction. Mouser’s commitment to investing in new technology in its warehousing and distribution facilities can be seen by the adoption of the I-Pack system. This automated packing/boxing machine can process up to 14 orders a minute, allowing it to deal with incoming orders for electronic components in a faster and more flexible way. The I-Pack process starts with building the order…
Rochester Electronics Partners with CalcuQuote
Integrating product data through industry-leading software that significantly improves EMS quoting and supply chain processes. Rochester Electronics, the world’s largest…
Microchip Announces Microcontrollers that Solve Tough Analog System Design Challenges
Sensor-based Internet of Things (IoT) applications rely on a combination of analog functionality and digital control capability to meet a…
New RF power transistors and ultra-wideband Doherty amplifiers for use in next-generation TV broadcast transmitters
Ampleon has released the BLF989E RF power transistor, which uses the very latest ninth-generation high-voltage (50V) LDMOS process technology. The…
Dual and multiple sourcing helps GE Healthcare reduce supply chain risk
Having suppliers that make components in more than one region of the world also helps to reduce risk for the…
Thermal: what purchasers need to know
Digi-Key’s manager applications engineering and tech support, Dany Haikin, guides readers through the world of thermal management. Thermal management is…
Visual indication IP69K stainless steel compression latch from EMKA
EMKA are always pleased to develop innovative new products for different market sectors – in this case an IP69K compression…
Buyer Beware: Understanding the Risks of Gray Market and Counterfeit Products
With today’s competitive market environment, attractive prices can be difficult for hardworking professionals to ignore. Counterfeiters and unauthorized vendors count…
Buyer’s guide to frequency control
ECS Inc. International answers four key questions regarding the sourcing and purchasing of frequency control products. Q) What should be…
New Configurator For mobilCASE Extruded Handheld Enclosures
ROLEC has launched a new online configurator that makes it easy for customers to specify customized mobilCASE handheld enclosures and…
High Speed and EMC for Different Board-to-board Distances
The high-speed Zero8 connectors featuring ScaleX technology will be available in different heights, as well as shielded and unshielded designs,…
Dual and multiple sourcing helps GE Healthcare reduce supply chain risk
Having suppliers that make components in more than one region of the world also helps to reduce risk for the company. Working closely with component…
Weaker demand and falling prices
However, the analog chip market will bounce back in 2021 as both demand and prices increase. Buyers can expect declining prices for analog ICs for…
Domino effect on manufacturing
John Denslinger explores a decade of falling dominoes, each impacting the supply chain and driving manufacturers to explore significant changes to their global strategies. A…
Seeds of change
Made in the USA was once the preferred branding for manufactured products. It signaled high quality, American ingenuity and skilled jobs for citizens. Following the…
Domino effect on manufacturing
John Denslinger explores a decade of falling dominoes, each impacting the supply chain and driving manufacturers to explore significant changes to their global strategies. A domino effect is produced when…
Seeds of change
Made in the USA was once the preferred branding for manufactured products. It signaled high quality, American ingenuity and skilled jobs for citizens. Following the post war re-build of Japanese…
Acceleration of digital life
John Denslinger sees Covid-19 as a catalyst for significant and rapid change regarding the digitisation of our lives. For more than a decade we have imagined a digital world where…
Everyone is essential to recovery
In this article John Denslinger argues the best solution to a sustained recovery is a marketplace where all economic activity is seen as essential. Essential versus non-essential must be one…
Everyone is essential to recovery
In this article John Denslinger argues the best solution to a sustained recovery is a marketplace where all economic activity is seen as essential. Essential versus non-essential must be one…
Some independent distributors see sales increases because of pandemic
Component demand from “essential” industries such as medical OEMs have boosted sales for independent distributors. Independent distributors say they have seen healthy demand and robust sales increases despite the slowdown…
Power supply production in China starts to get back to normal
Supply of AC-DC converters and DC-DC modules should not be a problem for buyers as production of power supplies has resumed. Buyers can expect normal lead times, ample availability and…
Distributors grow inventory to win new business
Some distributors have increased inventory levels of new and old components as well as components that are in short supply. Some electronics distributors have been aggressive about increasing inventory levels…
Distributor sales growth declines
Uncertainty caused by the trade war with China, the UK exiting the European Union and a decline in manufacturing in the U.S. means some distributors will suffer sales declines in…
Weaker demand and falling prices
However, the analog chip market will bounce back in 2021 as both demand and prices increase. Buyers can expect declining prices for analog ICs for the rest of the year…
Microprocessor market will bounce back
MPU demand will rebound in 2020 resulting in higher tags for processors used in computers and a return to sales growth Weaker demand and oversupply will result in the global…
Buyers can expect 30-week lead times and higher tags to continue for MOSFETs – by James Carbone
Chipmakers are increasing production, but it won’t be enough to reduce lead times until the fourth quarter at the earliest Semiconductor manufacturers are adding more capacity of metal oxide semiconductor…
Expect Less Price Erosion For MCUs By James Carbone
More stable prices and continued strong demand from automotive, Internet of Things and industrial segments will drive MCU sales growth for the next five years Semiconductor purchasers can expect continued…
