Market Complexity Brings Suppliers and Distributors Closer

摘要

In today's highly dynamic business environment, the roles and relationships of electronics distributors and semiconductor suppliers are evolving in important ways. Manufacturing is rapidly shifting to low-cost areas of the world, and the use of electronic manufacturing service (EMS) providers continues to rise. The result of these shifts is a much more complex environment where logistics, cost structures, and relationships are strained. To illustrate the increasing complexity, consider that it would not be uncommon today for an OEM designer in the Silicon Valley to approve a component that will actually be specified by an EMS in Canada and shipped to China for manufacturing. It is true that the traditional supply-chain is now better described as a "supply-network."