Front End | Electronic Components Supply Network


it is understandable that all parties in the electronic components supply network will concentrate their attention on the items that represent most value and are therefore of greatest strategic importance. Procurement professionals are indeed focussing their attention on “A” and “B” -class parts but in the very unstable global economy we are currently living through, I can almost guarantee it will be availability of an inexpensive “C” -class component that will cause them the most pain.


In conclusion


The recent “panic buying” and increases in multiple ordering of some semiconductor and passive components is going to increase the pain across the supply network and will result in customers being “stocked to the gunnels”, with expensive components that will take years to get consumed, or eventually written off and scrapped.


In these difficult times, I encourage all


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partners in the electronic components supply network to actively and positively engage with all of their partners, both up and down their supply network. A greater focus on identifying and honestly reporting “real” customer demand rather than artificially inflating order books, will go a long way towards mitigating current problems and minimising the exposure of all to higher levels of risk.


For information


Adam Fletcher is chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn), a business association established in 1970 that today offers support to all organisations with an interest in electronic components throughout their entire lifecycle. He is also chairman of the International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA), an association of individual country electronic components associations whose objective is to arrive at and share best industry practice.


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