Avnet Insights Survey Shows Engineers Have Reached a Turning Point - Seite 2

Further, distributor relationships are proving of greater importance. While last year, improving relationships with distributors came in as the third most popular supply chain strategy for managing the chip shortage (current conditions), the 2023 survey placed it at number one.

“Our third annual Avnet Insights survey underscored that while many may be feeling more positively about getting access to the necessary components, there is a trepidation about the future. As such, many are looking at what they can do to set themselves up for greater success,” said Rebeca Obregon-Jimenez, Avnet’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Engagements and Supplier Management. “One thing has become certain, and that is the desire to implement long-term strategies that will help ease the impact of any unforeseen disruptions and ensure flexibility in both sourcing and design. The key to this is access to actionable data, which distributors such as Avnet are using today to help OEMs gain more visibility and control in their supply chains.”

When it comes to design tactics, Avnet found many engineers are consistently leveraging many of the same legacy strategies to address issues such as availability. For example, when components are not available, most respondents say they use pin-to-pin replacements with better specs/more functionality (17%), drop-in replacements (16%), or redesigned boards (15%). Avnet’s 2022 survey unveiled similar strategies.

In addition, when asked what design strategies they plan to implement to better manage current conditions, top responses included designing in standard approved components with multiple manufacturers where possible (25%) and testing and qualifying multiple parts that meet requirements early in the design process (22%), which also aligned year-over-year.

The Avnet Insights survey was conducted among n=316 global respondents. Regionally, respondents were based in the Americas, EMEA, Asia, and Japan. The survey was fielded online from September 6-25, 2023, using Avnet’s global customer database.

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