ECIA Publishes New Document Tracking Impact of Pandemic on Employees

‘Workplace Disruption – The Impact on Company Culture’ focuses on long-term challenges    Atlanta – Since the beginning of 2020 the GIPC Workplace Disruption work group has met regularly to share insights on the impacts of the pandemic upon the Electronic Components industry. The work group has compiled a unique set of insights that are […]

Challenging Conditions Ahead for Electronics Manufacturers per IPC’s Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain Report

Per IPC’s September Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain Report 81 percent of electronics manufacturers are currently experiencing rising material costs while 74 percent indicate labor costs are on the rise. At the same time, ease of recruitment, profit margins and inventory available from suppliers are presenting declining. Among other data, survey results show: Cost […]

IDC Tracker Finds Spending on Compute and Storage Cloud Infrastructure Increased Strongly Across Most Regions in the Second Quarter of 2022

NEEDHAM, Mass. – According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments, increased 22.4% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) to $22.6 billion. Spending on cloud infrastructure continues to […]