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Parts with heart: RS Group's Corby HQ delivers more than components
Quality Assurance

RS Group’s Corby HQ delivers more than components

I recently visited RS Group’s UK distribution headquarters in Corby, Northamptonshire, and one thing was clear to see: the company’s logistics operations run much more than just parts. It is where precision, people, and community all come together. Eight decades of delivery RS was founded in 1937 to provide a part for every job, whether

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How is 2026 reshaping smartphone quality control?
Quality Assurance

How is 2026 reshaping smartphone quality control?

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  • 19 September 2026
  • 3 minutes read

With the launch of the new iPhone 18 models approaching, Dr Uwe König, Global Mining Segment Manager at Malvern Panalytical, explains how manufacturers can continue to deliver consistently high-quality mobile phone materials to keep up with demand/changing consumer expectations. With the global smartphone market valued at more than $550 billion, Apple leads the worldwide mobile

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Why Meeting Traceability and Compliance Requirements Is Vital in Electronic Component Production
Quality Assurance Traceability

Why meeting traceability and compliance requirements is vital

Electronics component production faces growing pressure to maintain compliance across global and highly regulated supply chains. Effective traceability practices help companies verify component origins and meet industry standards that maintain product quality and customer trust. The high financial stakes of noncompliance Poor component traceability can lead to substantial financial consequences. Regulatory penalties and large-scale product

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The role of AS6081 in mitigating counterfeit electronic component risk
Quality Assurance

The role of AS6081 in mitigating counterfeit risk

Counterfeit electric parts present major reliability and compliance concerns across the aerospace sector, where even minor component failures can disrupt critical operations or damage sensitive systems. Electronics engineers encounter supply chain risks due to obsolete semiconductors and unauthorised distributors that increase dependence on open-market procurement channels. In response to these challenges, AS6081 serves as an

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Quality Assurance Sourcing Strategies

4 component obsolescence trends worth watching

AI chipmakers are rattling the cage when it comes to semiconductors, but all that noise is obscuring the fact that most applications rely on mainstay electronic components such as microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGAs, power management ICs, clock and frequency generators, and prior-generation chips to drive performance and functionality. For engineers and procurement teams, reliable access to

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How to manage counterfeit risk in manufacturing
Black & Grey Markets Quality Assurance

How to manage counterfeit risk in manufacturing

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  • 11 February 2026
  • 4 minutes read

Counterfeit components are the silent saboteurs of the manufacturing world. When supply chains are stretched and the pressure to keep production lines moving rises, procurement teams are often forced to rely on brokers and spot buys where a part’s origins are not always guaranteed. The real danger is that these fakes look identical to the

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COMI and Rutronik deploy AI-driven, camera-based goods receiving, automating logistics, improving traceability, cutting errors over 50%, boosting scalability, compliance, throughput, and future-ready supply chains globally.
Quality Assurance

System change with AI: revolutionising the incoming goods system at Rutronik

The growing complexity of global supply chains demands forward-looking and scalable solutions. Product-level traceability, real-time data acquisition, and process transparency are now critical success factors. In response to these rising challenges, COMI (collective mind) and Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente have partnered to implement a solution: AI-powered, camera-based goods receiving that is transforming logistics processes and redefining

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How defence tech faces the obsolescence challenge
Quality Assurance Supply Chain Management

How defence tech faces the obsolescence challenge

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  • 27 December 2025
  • 4 minutes read

While defence programmes endure for decades, the electronic components at their core can become obsolete in a much shorter period of time. This mismatch creates mounting pressure for procurement teams who must balance immediate cost constraints against long-term operational demands. When critical components reach end-of-life mid-programme, the fallout affects budgets, schedules, and mission readiness. When

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The power of authenticity and reliability
Quality Assurance Supply Chain Management

The power of authenticity and reliability

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  • 26 December 2025
  • 3 minutes read

Product lifecycles often extend far beyond the active availability of semiconductor components, making lifecycle status a crucial factor at any phase of the new product introduction (NPI) process. Now imagine the consequences if one or several critical components within a product design were to reach end-of-life (EoL) before the product itself achieves maturity. In such

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Ensuring network optimisation as DRAM prices surge
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Ensuring network optimisation as DRAM prices surge

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  • 23 December 2025
  • 4 minutes read

Towards the end of 2025, the increased demand from artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, alongside a tightening of supplies within the market, led the prices of Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) to skyrocket to unprecedented levels. AI clusters and high-density virtualisation, together with data-heavy applications, are now consuming bandwidth faster than legacy fabrics can supply, while

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