The Worst Is Yet to Come
Always the cautionary voice, here are some thoughts from Dieter Weiss about supply chain disruptions and turmoil in the industry over who will pay for the price increases that are bound to come. Bottom line: we are all in this together and the EMS industry cannot afford to bear all the increased costs. Dieter is founder of in4ma, a market research firm tracking the European EMS industry.
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