Production
Sustainability at scale: how to effectively balance supply chain demands
Organisations are spinning more plates than ever before. With tighter budgetary constraints, growing supply chain complexity, and a focus on Scope 3 emissions sparking a greater focus on sustainability, it can be difficult for leaders to excel in every area.
Sourcing electronic components post-pandemic
Independent distributors are stepping in to assist manufacturers after several years of market volatility by finding buyers for surplus inventory, offering creative financial solutions to preserve cash outlay, and identifying ways to reduce electronic component costs.
Supply chain disruption to ease in 2023
Most businesses don’t look back on last year fondly, given that 45% of companies faced supply chain impacts that caused higher costs, interruptions, and failures — hindering their abilities to service customers.
How to optimise manufacturing efficiency through DFM
An increasing number of engineers are embracing design for manufacturing (DFM) to streamline their production workflow.
Vertical farming: overcoming the engineering challenges
The need to streamline production and more effectively use resources is at the heart of the rise in popularity of vertical farming, an industry that has been growing at a staggering pace in recent years, and that is widely regarded as the future of sustainable food production.
Quiet optimism permeates component distributors
Component distributors are handling the present downturn with some aplomb. None are shying away from the slowdown in business.
Agile Electronics authorised resellers for BLOCK PCC DIN-Rail power supplies
Agile Electronics are now an authorised reseller for BLOCK Power Compact Champ (PCC) DIN-Rail power supplies.
Mantracourt invests £500k in new SMT pick and place line
Sensing and measurement specialist Mantracourt has invested £500k to upgrade its Exeter-based facility with a new SMT pick and place line, which will see the factory increase efficiency and cut waste thanks to improved quality control capabilities.
OKdo selected as micro:bit global manufacturer and distributor
OKdo, part of the RS Group, has been selected as one of Micro:bit Educational Foundation’s global manufacturers and distributors.
RFX appoints Marbach Elektronik as new distributor
OCXO and SC-cut quartz crystal specialist RFX Group has appointed Marbach Elektronik GmbH as a distributor for its full range of precision quartz crystals, clock oscillators, VCXOs, TCXOs, OCXOs and PLL oscillators.