The Economist carried an insightful article today, describing how Toyota, in its quest to become the number one car manufacturer worldwide, stretched its lean manufacturing philosophy to the breaking point. As Toyota sought to grow market share, they rapidly expanded their supply base to include suppliers they hadn’t worked with before. Along with their sole-source [...]
Buyers See Part Numbers, Prices and Quantities for Inventory In-Stock at Verical’s Factory Outlet—without Navigating to Verical.com
Firefox extension gives buyers immediate, always-on access to Verical inventory information
Auto-complete feature displays drop-down lists of matches as shoppers key in part number searches
Download the Verical Toolbar at https://www.verical.com/extensions
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Do you ever wonder if the electronic components that you buy from brokers and independent distributors are legit? Where are they REALLY coming from? The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) just issued its assessment report on counterfeit electronics, which provides some interesting, albeit alarming, statistics on the degree to which counterfeit components have become integrated [...]
Check out this excellent EE Times interview with Barclays Capital analyst Tim Luke. Luke anticipates “a tight supply of memory parts in 2010 and perhaps beyond.” This article reinforces our belief that memory will soon be joining the list of hard-to-find parts turning up on buyers’ shortage lists across the world, and at the same [...]
Slashing Sourcing Times for Electronic Components Buyers
Verical purchasing tool cuts sourcing time
By: Gina Roos, Electronics Advocate
http://www.electronicsadvocate.com/2010/02/05/verical-purchasing-tool-cuts-sourcing-time/
Bulk Search Tool Matches Open Orders with Available Supply for Multiple Shortages
DemandMatch™ automates workflow to shrink sourcing time from hours or days to minutes
Online catalog eliminates the spreadsheets, phone calls and web searches used by buyers spending 40 percent of their time sourcing 1 percent of their parts purchases
Industry-first sourcing feature only available on Verical [...]
By Josef Ruef
It turns out that purchasing agents and other corporate buyers are no more forgiving than their consumer-oriented counterparts when it comes to slow, bulky ecommerce sites. And that frustration is playing a large role in the trend to make the online shopping experience faster, more efficient, and more convenient for B2B buyers.
In the [...]
Verical Debuts One-click Buying Capability for Electronic Components Outlet
Verical, Inc., the online outlet for electronic components, today announced the Bid Button, a one-click icon found on listings of clearance inventory at www.verical.com available from top manufacturers and franchised distributors of electronic components.