Electronic Component Shortages…Again…
Posted by Jenny Miller on Mon, Feb 28, 2011 @ 11:44 AM
“Electronics Contract Manufacturers Face Supply Chain Pileup”
As our economy turns around we see different affects still adding up. In the post-recession, post-stock market dive times, manufacturers remain wary of keeping excess inventory on hand…to the point of creating shortages.
According to “Electronics Contract Manufacturers Face Supply Chain Pileup,” by Thomas Dinges on August 30, 2010,
“Component shortages have led to a traffic pileup in the global electronics supply chain, with major contract manufacturers facing a challenging supply imbalance characterized by tight inventories of parts and finished products and a glut of raw materials, according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp.”
Looking at the inventory breakdown according to major EMS providers, finished goods are at their lowest levels since Q4 2008.
“Judging from various earnings calls as well as numerous conversations taking place in the industry, semiconductor companies are citing extended lead times and parts shortages as a major problem, Dinges said.
A quick look at many component samples reveals that lead times have worsened for a wide range of semiconductor discrete devices, with lead times running as much as 100 percent longer than for the same period last year. The shortest lead times—at 10 weeks as of July—are for connectors, up from 5 weeks in July 2009. The longest lead times are for rectifiers and small signal discretes, now running at 20 weeks—a full five months compared to 10 weeks last year at this time.”
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When you look at these numbers, what is clear is that we’re in a electronic component shortage situation that varies in intensity depending on what you’re looking for. iSuppli sees this problem persisting through the end of the year, and our forecasts could take that into the first or even second quarter of 2011.
Fortunately we’ve done our homework, and have high level relationships with the right suppliers so that we can provide resources for you in this component shortage climate.
Please call, email, or search on IC Trends today for the part you need so that we can supply your team with the right components to fuel your continued success.
