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CMRT 5.12 Available for Download
CMRT 5.12 is available for download here. Click here for a downloadable version of the most up-to-date Smelter Reference List, as well as the revision history. You can also access the completion guide in English, Chinese, German, and Japanese here. RMI recommends using version CMRT 5.01 or higher for the Reporting Year. Major…
SiliconExpert Market Insights Webinar: Component Sourcing in a Less Than Perfect World
Thursday, May 2, 2019 @ 11:00 AM MST/ 1:00 PM ESTFinding constrained products after your primary source fails to deliver requires a proactive relationship being established to allow for a reliable, secure, and trusted solution to your supply-chain issues. And meeting your production schedule means…
SiliconExpert Market Insights Webinar: Why a Parts Management Program is So Critical
Are you new to Parts Management? Do you even know what Parts Management is? If you work with electronic components and you don’t have a deep knowledge of the elements of Parts Management then this overview Webinar is for you. We will cover the basics…
Staying on Top of Your Component Data
Don’t Miss Our Informative Session @ Zuken Innovation World 2019 In today’s world, end of life status, lead time, part preference and trusted/consistent parametric data have become as important to a company’s design process as standard CAD content. The bottom line is that design engineers…
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…