Digitalisation

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Is AI accelerating too fast for its own good?

Like a kid outgrowing shoes, AI might be moving too fast to the point where other integrated parts cannot catch up. While AI tools are dramatically compressing hardware design cycles and introducing new products, sourcing workflows remain slow, manual and disconnected. This gap creates risk such as part shortages, redesigns, and delayed launches. Leveraging tools

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Digitalisation Featured

Wireless cybersecurity legal update impacts design engineers

A recent legal update by EU regulators – known as the Radio Equipment Directive Delegated Act, or RED DA for short – brought in stringent cybersecurity requirements for any electronic device which connects to the Internet using wireless technology – effective 1st August 2025! In this article, industry expert, David Pashley, Co-Founder & Managing Director

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Digitalisation

AI-native procurement platforms are key to efficiency

The challenges of modern procurement look different than they once did. The collective pressures of economic instability, rising costs, and shrinking resources are enough to elicit an immediate change. Factor in high workloads, complex sourcing, compliance nuances, and an onslaught of AI capabilities, and the noise cannot be ignored, even by the most experienced procurement

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The state of play in AI: less grind, more breakthroughs

Artificial intelligence has rapidly emerged as the defining buzzword of our decade. It brings with it bold promises of autonomous systems, self-healing infrastructures, and strategies to reshape entire industries. The future certainly looks bright, but CIOs cannot afford to live in a hypothetical future and must step back to review what real, pragmatic targets they

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Where is AI really heading?

If you work in electronics design, you’re already feeling the pressure to put AI in your product. Avnet recently released its fifth annual Avnet Insights survey which shows how your peers are actually deploying AI today – especially at the Edge – and what will matter most to your designs over the next 12–24 months.

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Beyond efficiency: procurement’s AI imperative

The global electronics supply chain, characterised by intricate value networks, rapid technological advancements, and persistent and seemingly endless volatility, stands at a critical juncture. Economic pressures are mounting, and the geopolitical landscape is shifting, creating pressure for a swift evolution in the role of procurement. Once hired as maintainers of cost efficiency, procurement professionals are

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Digitalisation News

SOS electronic: 30 years of reliability and innovation in the world of electronics

In 2025, SOS electronic, a member of the Conrad Group, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Founded in Košice, Slovakia, a city of 250,000 people, the company has grown into a respected international leader in electronic component distribution. SOS electronic is trusted not only by customers around the world, but also by a network of global

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Digitalisation Supply Chain Management

The implications of AI on cybersecurity issues in the electronic component supply chain

According to the World Economic Report on Cybersecurity Risks of 2025, of large organisations, 54% identified supply chain challenges as the biggest barrier to achieving cyber resilience. The increasing complexity of supply chains, coupled with a lack of visibility and oversight into the security levels of suppliers, has emerged as the leading cybersecurity risk for

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Agentic BOM engine for electronics manufacturing

Wizerr AI introduces the Agentic BOM Engine, powered by Wizerr’s patent-pending component intelligence engine (ELX). ELX reads and interprets complex component datasheets with engineer-level precision and scales that capability to millions of components, turning unstructured documents into AI-transformed, reasoning-ready data for multi-agent workflows across the electronics manufacturing value chain. The physical world is built on

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Digitalisation Supply Chain Management

Supply chain trends to look out for in 2026

Supply chains are in a new era where disruption is the norm and agility defines success. 2026 looks set to build on 2025’s trend of building a resilient supply chain that can withstand external pressures, whilst affording businesses the flexibility to change things at short notice. While the future points to autonomous supply chains powered

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