Thought Leadership Series: Reducing Risk Through On-Demand Manufacturing Regardless of how well you plan, component delivery delays, production problems and a variety of unanticipated problems will arise as you ready a product for launch. That’s why top performing companies need manufacturing supply chain safeguards to compete in today’s global business environment, where time is money… Read More
The Top 50 Electronics Distributors: Restarting Growth and Running with It
The Top 50 Electronics Distributors: Restarting Growth and Running with It Last year, Digi-Key Electronics announced plans to add an additional million square feet to its main warehouse in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Last month, the company started construction on the $300 million project. But Digi-Key’s president and chief operating officer, Dave Doherty, said that… Read More
Is Artificial Intelligence Gaining a Bigger Foothold in Procurement?
Is Artificial Intelligence Gaining a Bigger Foothold in Procurement? There was a time when it would have been pretty difficult to envision a procurement professional utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) in his or her line of work. Autonomous cars, interactive robots, and IBM’s Watson computer, after all, were just far-out examples of how computers could be… Read More
5 Ways Manual Sourcing is Holding Procurement Back
5 Ways Manual Sourcing is Holding Procurement Back As much of the business world continues down the path toward automation and digitization, the procurement department is one area where manual processes still prevail in many organizations. Not only are these processes time-consuming and error-prone, but they’re also expensive and inefficient. The lack of automated processes… Read More