Staying Ahead of the Electronics Component Shortage
By Steven Lustig, East West Manufacturing Demand far outstrips supply, and that’s not going to change any time soon. Here are six tips for not getting stuck. If you’ve operated “business as usual,” hoping that the global electronics components shortage would end soon, it’s time to rethink that strategy. A tough situation is becoming even […]
Electronics Industry Supports Senate Bill to Advance Workforce Education
IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries, the global industry association representing the $2 trillion global electronics industry, applauds a U.S. Senate committee for its work in advancing a workforce education and training bill. In a letter to the chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee – Senators Lamar […]
Euro area output and new orders expand at faster rates in June
Key findings: Final Eurozone Composite Output Index: 54.9 (Flash: 54.8, May Final: 54.1) Final Eurozone Services Business Activity Index: 55.2 (Flash: 55.0, May Final: 53.8) Data collected June 12-26 The eurozone economy regained some traction at the end of the second quarter. Rates of expansion in output and new business accelerated, although failed to fully recover the momentum lost […]
North American PCB Industry Growth Increases – May 2018 NA PCB Shipments up 11.7
IPC Releases PCB Industry Results for May 2018 IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the May 2018 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Industry shipments and orders in May grew at a strong pace. The book-to-bill ratio strengthened to 1.09. Total North American PCB shipments in May 2018 were […]
“Joining Forces” – The Benefits of CRM and ERP Integration
In the past, many large enterprises have felt the need to choose between ERP and CRM. They didn’t feel they could justify the expense of implementing both, let alone integrating them together.