The warehousing crunch has put a strain on electronics companies that rely on quick delivery of electronic components or PCBAs, especially from overseas.
Reshoring offers a solution to persistent problems of instability, lending companies the resilience needed to succeed now and into the future.
Transportation expenses, geopolitical factors, and the narrowing labor cost have caused companies to consider moving operations to North America.
Globally, the use of high-tech electronics continues to grow. Worldwide, the number of households with electronic devices increases every year, and each person owns more devices. In addition, connected devices have appeared in every industry from healthcare to retail, from the factory floor to the agricultural field.
Though this trend has an undeniable positive impact on the electronics manufacturing industry by increasing orders, it also adds urgency to a growing problem: manufacturing waste.
American manufacturing can further limit waste thanks to its superior level of automation.
This term may bring to mind piles of end-of-life PCBA boards, but manufacturing waste encompasses much more than that. Today, businesses are generating more electronic waste in the form of expired raw materials and inventory, but also in time, transport, and motion waste related to poor supply chain practices.
Each type of waste can significantly inflate business expenses and make a negative impact on your company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reputation. It falls on supply chain managers and experts to do everything in their power to minimize this electronic waste. What do supply chain experts need to know now?
When the pandemic first spread across the world, it broke traditional supply chains. Businesses that rely on PCBAs are now aware it’s time to rethink this method of moving goods. In addition to meeting their end goals, these companies realize they must now make good decisions for workers, the environment, and people as a whole to move into the future.
As a result, ESG initiatives are becoming more common across industries. Monitoring actions toward environmental protection and social responsibility can have a multifaceted effect on future business success. This includes
It is important for supply chain managers to maintain control over electronic waste production. Controllable factors include
Waste can affect your company’s operations and ESG initiatives in a significant way. It is therefore imperative that supply chain managers work closely with business leaders to examine policies and procedures to limit impact through proactive strategies. Making sure key parameters are met, designing for manufacturability and testing, and decreasing material use through smarter, more efficient designs can all make a significant difference in your overall waste profile.
The issue of electronic waste is a significant one, but businesses can improve their efficiency to eliminate wasted time and lessen their environmental impact. One of the most effective ways to achieve these goals is through reshoring.
Supply chain experts can reduce the amount of e-waste generated by their companies by reshoring by
In the end, these are some of the ways reshoring operations domestically can reduce e-waste and improve ESG performance. As more companies are looking at the benefits of reshoring PCBA fabrication closer to home from Mexico and China, their operations should become more efficient, allowing them to address supply chain issues, reduce waste, and deliver better products for their consumers.
Today, more attention is being paid to the environment than ever before. It is imperative for supply chain experts to focus on e-waste production, the source of company waste, and ways to reduce it. By reshoring, businesses can reduce logistics problems, transportation costs, and unknown risks while better satisfying end-user expectations.
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The warehousing crunch has put a strain on electronics companies that rely on quick delivery of electronic components or PCBAs, especially from overseas.
Transportation expenses, geopolitical factors, and the narrowing labor cost have caused companies to consider moving operations to North America.
Reshoring offers a solution to persistent problems of instability, lending companies the resilience needed to succeed now and into the future.