We’re All In This Together
By Chng Boon Huei, President and CEO of Flexi Versa Group
The last few years of outsourced manufacturing have been punctuated by one disruption after another. First it was the US-China trade war, then the pandemic, next the component shortage issues, and while that is still going on we have the Russia/Ukraine war, further disrupting supply chains and adding geopolitical fears to other concerns.
The Drive for Energy Efficiency
By Steven Blyth, Director Sales & Marketing The past few years have presented several challenges to the Electronics Manufacturing Service (EMS) industry, from Brexit, to Covid-19, to supply chain shortages, to labour shortages, to logistical trials and now the fuel and cost of living crisis. One thing is for sure, what doesn’t break you, will […]
What’s The SCOOP – Thought For The C-Suite #3 of 8 – Transformative Transformation
There’s been a lot of talk about digital transformation for most of the last decade. I’ve talked about it numerous times and often implied it is the solution to most problems, but is it, and when is digital transformation actually transformative to a business? Like many, I’ve suggested just getting started on the digital transformation […]
Gartner Survey Reveals 27% of Chief Supply Chain Officers Have Conducted a Climate Change Risk Assessment
Use of Digital Technology Can Help Understand and Mitigate Climate Change Risk Twenty-seven percent of supply chain leaders have conducted a climate change risk assessment to identify their most critical supply chain risks, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The survey among 320 supply chain leaders in December 2021 and January 2022 found that […]
Movie Monday – EMS@C-Level 2022 Season, episode 7 – Jason Azevedo, MRCA
In many ways, Jason Azevedo is a man on a mission. He believes passionately in manufacturing in the US and is determined to promote manufacturing businesses in a unique way. MRCA stands for Manufacturing Revitalization Corporation of America and their mission is clearly stated as “Revitalizing America’s manufacturing sector to provide great products, made by fulfilled and well respected employees”.