Gartner Survey Finds 87% of Supply Chain Professionals Plan to Invest in Resilience Within the Next 2 Years
Continued Uncertainty and High Customer Expectations Challenge Chief Supply Chain Officers to Find New Trade-Offs Between Cost, Speed and Service A global Gartner, Inc. survey of more than 1,300 supply chain professionals found that 87% of respondents plan investments in supply chain resiliency within the next two years. The survey, conducted from September 2020 through […]
ECIA Releases February Update on Component Shortages
Atlanta – As demand for electronics and electronics components grows in 2021 it is anticipated that supply chain pressure will build. Recent ECIA research and analysis has identified extending lead times for a broad range of electronic components. However, specific component sectors will see greater challenges as the ability of suppliers to increase production is limited […]
Top Five Wafer Capacity Leaders Raise Share of Global Capacity to 54%
Foundries and memory IC suppliers maintain strongest capacity presence. IC Insights recently released its new Global Wafer Capacity 2021-2025 report that provides in-depth detail, analyses, and forecasts for IC industry capacity by wafer size, process geometry, region, and product type through 2025. Included in the report is a ranking of the 25 largest wafer capacity leaders in […]
The Automotive Semiconductor Shortage – An Accident Waiting to Happen?
In this paper, ECIA’s CEO David Loftus sheds light on some of the reasons for the disruptions in automobile manufacturing globally that have been widely reported recently. He explains, “For the past several decades, the automotive manufacturing industry has driven one of the leanest and most demanding supply chains in the world, especially for electronics. Just-in-time manufacturing works great in a steady state environment. Unfortunately, with long lead-time items like semiconductors, when demand is volatile, as it has been in the past 12 months, the accompanying supply chain cannot react instantaneously.”