Over the course of the past several decades, as large computational systems have grown more entrenched, scores of standards have been developed and implemented with varying degrees of success. Many of those standards have fallen out of use, typically because they solved a problem that is no longer applicable or because new computer systems are incompatible with those standards.

While airborne this past month, I read a very interesting article in the Harvard Business Review. It is titled ‘Digital Doesn’t have to be Disruptive’. This is something that we at Orbweaver spend a lot of our time discussing, and we agree: digital initiatives should be a complement to your business, not a threat.

When evaluating software solutions, it is important to not only consider the technology itself, but also the company behind those solutions. Are you and your software provider aligned with respect to managing corporate privacy and data integrity risks?

Here at Orbweaver, we’ve learned some things that broadly apply to everyone, and using that knowledge to help everyone get started has a broad benefit to the supply chain.

The globalization of the supply chain involves language barriers, long-range logistics, market volatility and economic fluctuations that have an enormous impact on the effectiveness of an organization’s supply chain.

Purchasing is functional, while procurement is strategic. Purchasing is the ‘how’ a good or service is ordered while procurement is more involved with ‘why’ and ‘from where’ electronics parts are ordered.

APIs, or application program interfaces, work as translators between dissimilar information systems. They are embedded in almost every internet experience a user has, from processing payments to looking up hotel information for your next vacation.

Electronics manufacturing companies are leveraging EDI tools to thrive in competitive markets and improve supply chain efficiencies.

The electronics industry is rapidly changing how it conducts business across the supply chain due to the growing benefits e-procurement software.