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Don’t Miss Tomorrow’s Webinar: Designing for Supply Chain Optimization – the Zero Touch BOM
Designing for Supply Chain Optimization is a process of education and component selection to ensure component availability, compliance, and cost efficiencies. This is no small task. With rigorous financial requirements, hefty product design considerations – adding additional considerations of downstream decisions such as availability and compliance…
Regulation and Compliance updates
What You Can Expect from the Latest Changes in REACH
REACH is a regulation from the European Union that regulates chemical use in order to improve the health of humans and the environment. The change in interpretation redefines articles and their chemical substances forces supply chains to conduct more time-consuming analyses to look for Substances…
Embedding Anti-Counterfeit in Company Culture
Avoid Reinventing the Wheel – Anti-Counterfeiting in the Semiconductor Industry must be embedded in the Company’s CultureGuest Blog by Steven Jeter, Electronics Industry Analyst Companies often find themselves reinventing the wheel when filling or hiring for positions that have been vacant for an extended period. This…
Anti-Counterfeit Efforts Continue to Evolve in Electronics
No Silver Bullet for Electronics Counterfeiting – YetGuest Blog by Barb Jorgensen, EPSNews The electronics industry has developed some of the most ground-breaking technologies in human history. Yet, the best minds in high-tech have been unable to overcome one of the industry’s most insidious challenges:…
Regulation and Compliance updates
The Risks Associated with California Proposition 65
California Proposition 65 is a law that protects consumers from exposure to components or products containing chemicals and substances linked to cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm. Textiles, hard goods, toys, electronics, and other products sold or distributed in California with substances above non-threatening levels…
Thriving in Today’s Competitive Marketplace
Advances including the internet of things, autonomous vehicles and AI are opening huge new markets and opportunities every day. The supply chain is feeling the impact with these advancements so it’s important to remain informed and proactive. Leading global companies subscribe to SiliconExpert to remove…
Regulation and Compliance updates
ECHA and Brexit Chemicals Instructions
ECHA Publishes Recommendations for All Companies to Prepare for a ‘No Deal’ Scenario for the UK’s withdrawal on March 30, 2019. ECHA states “With continued political uncertainty regarding the withdrawal agreement, the Agency urges companies to act now to continue complying with their obligations under the…
Experts Advise on Avoiding Counterfeit Components
By Hailey Lynn McKeefry, Editor in Chief, EBN Counterfeit electronics remain the bane of the electronics industry. Fake parts create safety hazards, siphon off profits, and tarnish corporate images. The problem is huge by all accounts, and probably underreported. The fake semiconductor market has reached…
Advances in Technology Are Causing Chaos in the Supply Chain
Guest Blog by George Karalias, Industry Executive Consultant, Karalias Productions Back in 1965, Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, wrote a paper in which he introduced his observation about the future of integrated circuits. This observation has come to be known as Moore’s Law. Moore…
Cost Savings vs Cost Avoidance : The Difference Explained and Value Derived
Unplanned costs can have a negative impact on the bottom line of a project. In today’s environment, Obsolescence can eat up management reserves and cause schedule delays if a proactive Obsolescence Management Plan is not followed. Cost Avoidance calculates the unplanned costs that would have…