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IPC Supply Chain Tracker Available to All
March 28, 2006 |Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. — IPC–Association Connecting Electronics Industries' Supply Chain Tracker, a quarterly business report targeting the electronic interconnection industry, is available by subscription.
The report, which IPC's Executive Market & Technology Forum publishes, combines data highlights from several supply chain segments, such as metals, solder, chemicals, assembly equipment, laminates, PCBs, EMS, and end-product industries. The data comes from IPC's statistical programs, as well as from other sources, and includes general economic trends.
First released in 2005, the report analyzes every segment of the industry's supply chain, showing how related industries affect one another. "I had previously seen charts in IPC publications that showed growth in certain business segments," says reader Charlie Crep, vice president of operations, Reptron Manufacturing Services, "I was asking myself why we were seeing this, and when the Supply Chain Tracker came out, it had an explanation."