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Everything you need to master Electronic Data Interchange for electronic component purchase orders… but were afraid to ask! It may sound trivial to some, but I have come to realize that for many professionals working in high-tech manufacturing, the EDI connection can be something of a mystery. So what is the EDI? Actually, it’s not that […]

This post may be controversial. I can already see the comments that will be made, or the silence from those not wanting to say the wrong thing. The role of agents in the electronics industry in Asia is under-recognized, but essential. It may be well-known amongst all new employees in say, Taïwan, however very few […]

Ask yourself, what is the riskiest job in the world? Deep-sea Fisherman? Fighter pilot? High-Rise Window Cleaner? Long Distance Truck driver? Nope. None of them. It is the Supply Manager job in the [OEM-ODM-EMS] electronic industry! It is high risk and extremely stressful and here I will explain why I believe it to be the […]

We don’t all benefit from the steep semiconductor learning curve, however with digitization comes price transparency and fairer electronic component prices. I’ve always been skeptical about the added value of those many weeks spent trying to renegotiate and obtain fair prices for electronic components. Given the number of references, it looks more like inefficient data exchange sessions […]

I remember my first year in the electronic industry. I had been recruited as the manufacturing and logistics director of the Sagemcom set-top-box division. At that time, back in 2008, our growth was steady and shortages were our daily bread. We were putting a lot of pressure on the semiconductor manufacturers to get the components […]