Best Practices | Product Updates | Regulation and Compliance updates
If You’re Waiting for the PCN,
It May Be Too Late
The impetus to purchase components for electronic products often comes in the form of a product change notice (PCN). Manufacturers will let people know when they intend to discontinue components, but that notice doesn’t always give a lot of lead time if any. SiliconExpert is in…
Best Practices | Product Updates
The Who, What, Why and How of Approved Component Lists & Approved Manufacturer Lists
All components go obsolete at some point. The problem is identifying obsolescence across product lines and/or programs and that information making it to the people who need it in time (ex: design) can be quite a challenge. The good news is that there are ways…
The Economic Benefits of Supply Chain Transparency
Business Area Challenges and the Evolution of MitigationA 5 Part Weekly Thought Leadership Article SeriesArticle 3: The Economic Benefits of Supply Chain Transparency Co-Authors: Hani Ahmad, SiliconExpert Senior Product Manager- Compliance & George Karalias, Industry Executive Consultant Do you know the origins of your supply chain? …
Persistent Sandcastles: Understanding and Mitigating Business Area Challenges
Business Area Challenges and the Evolution of MitigationA 5 Part Weekly Thought Leadership Article SeriesAuthor: George Karalias, Industry Executive Consultant Not too long ago, running a business meant having good relationships with suppliers that were the life blood of your production schedule. If you were…
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…
SiliconExpert’s Commitment To Cyber Security
SiliconExpert is committed to protecting our set of online tools and our customers’ information from unauthorized access, collection, retention, use, disclosure, modification or destruction. To provide greater insight, a new downloadable white paper is now available. In this document you will find the best practices and steps…
SiliconExpert’s Commitment To Cyber Security
SiliconExpert is committed to protecting our set of online tools and our customers’ information from unauthorized access, collection, retention, use, disclosure, modification or destruction. To provide greater insight, a new downloadable white paper is now available. In this document you will find the best practices and…
10 considerations when choosing the right sensor for hazardous environments
How to hedge sensing and control systems for hazardous environments The production and manufacturing demands of 21st-century global commerce are increasing at an astonishing rate, creating industrial challenges that depend on sensors for absolution. The trifecta of 24-hour global production demands, reliable real-time asset monitoring,…