Featured

Procurement Pro Featured
India’s electronic components market is evolving
Featured Industry Insights Market Analysis

India’s electronic components market is evolving

When Waldom walked through the halls of electronica India, there was a real sense of momentum around India’s electronic components market. But some of the most interesting insights came not from what was on display, but from the conversations happening around it. Over several days, the company spoke with global component manufacturers and distributors about

Read More
Hotspot: South Korea
Featured Industry Insights

Hotspot: South Korea

Few countries dominate the semiconductor value chain as visibly, and as decisively, as South Korea. Much like the global wave of K-pop Demon Hunters, South Korea’s cultural breakout, its dominance of advanced memory fabrication is currently in its ‘golden’ era, powered by surging AI demand and record-breaking chip exports. How it’s done (done done): South

Read More
DigiKey Marketplace: expanding access while simplifying procurement
Featured Sourcing Strategies

DigiKey Marketplace: expanding access while simplifying procurement

Procurement professionals today operate in a complex environment. Product lifecycles are shortening, supply chains are becoming more global and fragile, and expectations around speed, transparency, and reliability continue to rise. In this context, sourcing strategies must evolve beyond traditional models to remain resilient. As a global distribution leader, DigiKey saw an opportunity to help procurement

Read More
Supplier Spotlight: Smith
Featured

Supplier Spotlight: Smith

Smith was founded in 1984 in Houston, Texas by the Ackerley family. Starting out from a dining table with just two phones, the Ackerleys built connections with key figures in the computing industry, growing the business through technical know-how, sharp market insight, and a willingness to take bold risks. By 1997, the company had expanded

Read More
How to prevent payment fraud in the supply chain
Black & Grey Markets Featured Traceability

How to prevent payment fraud in the supply chain

  • by
  • 10 August 2026
  • 3 minutes read

The global electronics supply chain moves fast. Components cross continents in hours whilst payment approvals occur under tight deadlines. This speed drives efficiency but also creates dangerous gaps in verification. Payment fraud has evolved to exploit these weaknesses, slipping into supply networks through fake supplier schemes and exploiting rushed payments. The escalating threat of supply

Read More
Distributor of components in a new role
Featured Industry Insights Sponsored

Distributor of components in a new role

Just a few years ago, the role of an electronic components distributor seemed relatively defined: provide a wide range, competitive prices, and efficient delivery. However, the experiences of 2020–2026 showed that such a model was no longer sufficient. When supply chains were disrupted by the pandemic, logistical bottlenecks, geopolitical tensions, and sharp spikes in demand

Read More
Every supplier forecast needs an expiry date
Featured Sourcing Strategies

Every supplier forecast needs an expiry date

Procurement teams share forecasts to help suppliers plan capacity, components, and inventory. The intention is sensible: earlier visibility should reduce surprises later. The problem begins when a forecast outlives the assumptions that created it. A spreadsheet sent in January can still influence purchasing, production, and allocation decisions in April, even after the buyer has revised

Read More
The new case for fab independence in a multi-crisis world
Featured Supply Chain Management

The new case for fab independence in a multi-crisis world

The announcement of Elon Musk’s plans for a new, multi-billion-dollar TeraFab complex came 99 years after Henry Ford’s massive River Rouge motor plant started churning out cars. Whereas Ford first pioneered vertical integration and took it to its logical extremes – he built an onsite power plant, steel mill, and glass factory, as well as

Read More
European market shows steady gains, but fragile foundation
Featured Industry Insights Market Analysis

European market shows steady gains, but fragile foundation

The European electronic components market returned to solid growth in Q1, reaching €4.63 billion (+16.9%), with broad but uneven momentum across the region. Core industrial economies such as Germany (+18.5%), Italy (+18.8%), the Nordics (+19.8%), Austria (+22.4%), and Benelux (+21.0%) delivered strong double-digit gains, while Ireland (+4.6%) and parts of Southern Europe expanded more cautiously. The

Read More
The economics of a modern fabless semiconductor company
Featured Industry Insights

The economics of a modern fabless semiconductor company

A fabless semiconductor company focuses on designing and developing integrated circuits while outsourcing fabrication to specialised foundries, which allows it to concentrate on architecture and system-level innovation. This model is central to modern chip ecosystems because it enables faster iteration cycles and close coordination with manufacturing and packaging partners. Competitiveness stems from economic efficiency rather

Read More