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Everything all at once: Get ready for AI’s hit on the supply chain, experts warn
The supply chain for electronics has been upended for three years, but experts think AI will impose even tougher demands on companies making next-generation products.
The Big Threat to AI: Looming Disruptions
It’s not just shortages in the semiconductor supply chain threatening AI.
Semiconductor Industry’s Impact on IoT: Navigating Challenges and Ensuring Connectivity
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become increasingly vital in our interconnected world, where technological devices enable our everyday lives.
Rand Technology opens new operations centre in the Netherlands
Semiconductor distributor Rand Technology has launched its seventh worldwide facility, and this one is in Amsterdam.
Rand Technology Expands Global Footprint Opening New Location in the Netherlands
Newly opened facility offers Rand’s full portfolio of electronics sourcing and solutions products and services for clients worldwide.
Semiconductor Unpredictability: Prescriptive Advice for Business
There is a lot of confusion about semiconductor supply availability. Is the shortage over? Are there still constraints? Certainly, the production and supply of chips has improved, but we are in a correction, and companies should not be fooled.
Is that chip inventory correction corrected yet? (Nope.)
More than two years ago, semiconductor industry pundits warned of an impending chip inventory correction. Turns out, they were right.
Forging Independence In Electronics Distribution
The electronic components industry has made some big changes in the past several decades — especially in terms of the distribution landscape.
Purchasers face challenges balancing disparate semiconductor inventories
Rand Technology’s executive VP, global solutions and sourcing, Jennifer Strawn, looks at how to assure adequate supply chains and the integrity of manufacturing processes
Will the Chip Shortage End in 2023?
A global shortage of semiconductors has had a major impact on the automotive supply chain, forcing automakers around the world to cut production over the last two years due to the lack of these crucial parts. As COVID-era regulations begin to relax, some – but not all – industry insiders speculate that the chip shortage may come to an end in 2023.
Memory Industry to Hit Muddy Waters in 2023
The memory industry has always gone through a predictable boom-and-bust cycle, but the pandemic and geopolitical instability has introduced new twists to the market over the course of 2022, and uncertainty will continue to play a role in 2023.
Will the Supply Chain ‘Normalize’ in 2023?
For the past three years, the supply chain has been scrambling to capture “normal.” As tempting as it is, predicting that 2023 will be the year that it happens is probably optimistic.
3 Supply Chain Initiatives Top the 2023 -To-Do- List
The past few years have necessarily put supply chain professionals into a largely reactive mode, but 2023 may offer some breathing room to do some proactive planning as well as managing complexity and change.
The Road Ahead
If there’s one thing that supply chain professionals can count on, it’s uncertainty and disruption.
Infrastructure Buildout is Crucial to Next Gen Tech Renaissance
The necessary buildout must coincide with an investment into producing and sourcing key raw materials and bolstering a limited supply chain workforce.
Electronics OEMs Need to Revise Their Supply Chain Risk Management Strategies
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of electronics have traditionally lowered supply chain risks by keeping a tight rein on supplies of expensive components such as central processing units (CPU) and storage units such as semiconductor chips.
Rand Technology Announces Senior Leadership Team Promotions and Expanded Job Responsibilities
Company’s expertise aligned to meet changing global supply chain needs amid continued growth in industry verticals
How using analytics and AI can help companies manage the semiconductor supply chain
Businesses and consumers have been grappling with supply chain issues for months, resulting in annoying shortages of all kinds of products, including all-important semiconductor chips.
Does the CHIPS Act end the chip shortage any time soon? No, actually
Two-thirds of this revolves around quotes from Jen, who comes across as very knowledgeable. I like the positioning of the company’s expertise and also like that he included positive commentary on Rand’s take on the Chips Act. This relationship is developing very well.
Chip lead times of 52 weeks expected to last a few years, Rand expert says
Companies seeking some chips will need to wait a year to receive them on average, in a predicament expected to last for a few years, according to a Rand Technology expert.