Is Your Engineering Career Ready for 5G?
Will 5G really create more jobs? Industry experts say “yes.” And if you’re currently an engineer studying telecommunications or enmeshed in the field,
Industry Insights
Supply Chain Management
Electronics Industry Resilience Will Lead to a Re-Designed Supply Chain
Things are not as bad as they seem, and the entire industry is bending to conform to its new realities, gushing with resilience.
Supply Chain Management
How Tariffs are Sparking Some Supply Chain Creativity
Back in May, the United States agreed to raise tariff rates, from 10% to 25%, on $200 billion of goods imported from China. Companies
Industry Insights
5 Things You Absolutely Need to Know About the Modern-Day Procurement Professional
If you were under the impression that procurement was merely about purchasing “things” and negotiation contracts, you were incredibly wrong. The procurement professional
Industry Insights
6 Warning Signs of a Bad Supplier
As supply chain and procurement professionals, you’re always looking for the “best” supplier. The ones that are going to communicate with you, offer
Industry Insights
What is a Last Time Buy and How Can it Work to Your Advantage?
Going once, going twice…. It can be a procurement professional’s worst dilemma: A trusted OEM partner announces a time-tested and often-used part is
Digitalisation
Why You Should Invest in a Procure-to-Pay System
Procure-to-Pay, aka “Purchase to Pay,” “Req to Check,” “Order to Cash,” and P2P refers to “a seamless process enabled by technology designed to
Industry Insights
What Salary Can Procurement Professionals Expect?
Are you looking for a highly lucrative and challenging field? Or maybe you’re already a procurement professional and are changing companies. Perhaps you’re
Sourcing Strategies
Why Do OEMs Double Order? Supply, Long Lead Times, and Demand
When OEMs start to worry about being able to meet demand, they tend to start double ordering. If inventory is low and demand
Sourcing Strategies
Proactive, Reactive, or Pre-emptive: Choosing an Obsolescence Strategy
In 2008, one technology parts database listed 150 million electronic components. That same year, obsolescence product-discontinuation notices (PDNs) were issued for 1.4 million