剃须从供应链成本管理y for almost one-third of respondents to SourceToday’s 2018 Distribution Study survey. But the results also suggest that more companies are focused on boosting supply chain transparency as new threats, such as widespread parts shortages and trade uncertainties, collide with more familiar concerns.
该研究使用了来自Sourcetoday和电子设计读者的近1,100个回答，以采购，工程和执行角色。The results demonstrated what has remained the same about the electronics industry’s priorities: Roughly 31 percent said that they are focused primarily on trimming supply chain costs, down from 32 percent in 2017. The number of respondents focused on creating new supply and distribution relationships fell marginally from 20 to 19 percent.
但是，供应链中主要试图提高透明度和协作的受访者人数略高于2017年的15％。调查表明，这是五分之一的采购专业人员的优先事项，而工程学为16％。员工和执行管理人员的18％，高于2017年的18％，14％和16％。
The transparency push comes amid mounting challenges in the supply chain, including the growing threat of counterfeits and recent parts shortages that have created a feeding frenzy for inventory. Facing shortages of everything from capacitors to semiconductors, many companies are digging into the supply chain, putting in requests for the same part with several distributors and then cancelling one of the orders after getting it – also known as double booking.
特朗普政府还可以造成供应链干扰。白宫周二表示，将对价值500亿美元的中国产品提出25％的关税。由美国贸易代表编写的原始列表包括全球供应短的部分，例如晶体管，电池，二极管和电容器。但是，应在6月15日发布受影响产品的最终清单。
Counterfeits remain the worst nightmare for the survey respondents. Over the last year, the share of respondents that pointed to counterfeits as either very important or somewhat important supply chain risks jumped from 72 to 81 percent. The executive branch was generally less concerned about counterfeits (73 percent) than those with engineering (81 percent) and procurement jobs (88 percent).
遵守法规是另一个主要逮捕的根源。在2018年，几乎四分之三的受访者指出，环境遵从性是严重的供应链问题，高于2017年的三分之二。去年，遵守进口和出口法至少对58％至少有些重要。但是随着美国继续担心与中国的贸易战，这一比例已增长到64％。
Conflict mineral disclosure rules are also causing hand-wringing in the electronics industry. These regulations are at least somewhat important to 49 percent of survey respondents, up from 44 percent over last year. But if American officials follow through on计划废除或削弱规则这需要披露冲突矿物的使用 - 主要是锡，钨，坦塔尔和黄金 - 这一百分比可能会下降。
调查显示，合规性问题与受访者与购买的距离成正比。四分之四的采购工作人员表示，环境法规至少对他们有些重要，而不是73％的电气工程师和61％的高管。冲突矿产规则被58％的从事采购工作的人标记，但执行职务只有45％。
提高敏感性可能与22％的采购专业人员有关，这些专业人员专注于在其供应链流程中添加新技术。去年，这个数字为18％。行业分析师同意，企业可以更好地使用软件来跟踪定价，供应商以及合同条件和罚款，从而使他们更清楚地了解其供应链。
