Up Close with Victor Meijers, Sr. Vice President ECIA

In this information packed interview, EMSNOW speaks with Victor Meijers, Sr. Vice President of the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA), the group that drives TrustedParts.com, the component platform for the authorized channel. Victor explains the many tools now available on TrustedParts to make supply chain managers’ lives easier: the Bill of Materials (BOM) tool that allows you to upload up to 1000 part numbers, and set up customized alerts for trends in pricing, lead time, overall supply chain risk, and much more. Global authorized distributors populate the platform with inventory to allow a holistic view of the BOM. The conversation also covers what’s coming for the platform, including cutting edge component data like carbon footprint, and a discussion of the challenge of managing obsolescence. Victor urges the EMS community to use the authorized channel to avoid risk of counterfeit and/or damaged components finding their way into electronic products.