ONE POINT ELECTRONICS supply-chain management professionals all currently agree on is demand is outstripping supply for many types of components. Two of the biggest industries driving this consumption are automotive and data processing. On the automotive side, China is incentivizing the manufacture and purchase of hybrid electric vehicles, while car buying by more affluent consumers pushes up demand. A number of articles highlight the shortages of rare metals this move is bringing and the need to find alternatives. The electronics industry is also seeing an impact on the commodity side, however, due to increased demand for copper foil, increased prices of printed circuit boards, and hybrid vehicles requiring significantly more automotive-grade passives than gasoline-powered vehicles. While this is going on, automobile electronics content in general continues to be on the rise globally.
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