Waldom Electronics

Sourcing Strategies

IP&E components: small parts, big consequences

An automotive engineering team can spend 18 months designing a battery management system around a specific power semiconductor. Datasheets get compared. Reference designs get built. Thermal performance gets reviewed. Supplier teams join design discussions. Every major design decision gets analysed and debated. Then production slips because a low-cost connector needed to complete the build is

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Industry Insights Market Analysis

Waldom shares key IP&E market insights

Our team recently got back from the EDS Executive Conference in Las Vegas. After dozens of conversations with distributors and suppliers, one message stood out. Parts of the market have settled down. But IP&E (interconnect, passive, and electromechanical components) is tightening up again. This isn’t a blip. It looks like the old pressures coming back.

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News

Waldom reaches 300,000 parts in stock

Waldom announces a milestone in its continued commitment to the electronics distribution channel: 300,000 parts now in stock, representing more than $700 million in available inventory. This milestone reflects Waldom’s strong partnerships with more than 60 suppliers and reinforces its mission to support distributor partners with reliable access to mission-critical components. By expanding inventory depth

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Digitalisation

The rise of the digital-first distributor

Something has shifted in electronic component distribution over the past few years, and it’s not simply that more transactions happen online. Buyer expectations themselves are changing. Engineers and procurement teams increasingly expect the speed, transparency, and accessibility of modern digital commerce alongside the expertise and reliability distributors have always provided. For distributors, this isn’t about

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Events Videos

EDS Leadership Summit: interview with Waldom

Managing Editor of Procurement Pro, Paige Hookway, interviews Roger Raley, Vice President & General Manager at Waldom Roger Raley has been Vice President & General Manager at Waldom since October 2024. In this conversation with Managing Editor of Procurement Pro, Paige Hookway, Raley says sentiment across the industry has shifted markedly over the past year,

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