Insights

Component crises aren’t random. Roughly every seven to ten years one compresses supply exactly when demand won’t slow down. Here’s what 2011, 2018 and COVID taught us.

Component risk no longer tracks with price. Why passives, connectors and relays deserve the same lifecycle discipline as your priciest parts.

Fifteen years on, Seven Labs looks back at how it grew from emergency component sourcing into a full turnkey supply chain partner.

Jean Smith moves from engineer to technical manager to CTO. We asked him what the journey actually looked like.

From semiconductors to connectors, distribution is the quiet layer that keeps manufacturing lines running. Here's how it actually works.

Front panels are the face of a device, and the interface between the user and everything happening underneath. Here's what makes one work.

Centralised sourcing does more than simplify a BOM. It takes the admin, the risk, and the guesswork off a buyer's plate.

As automation and digital transformation reshape manufacturing, industrial connectors are being asked to do a lot more than they used to.

A ten-port battery charging station built for the workshop floor, with web-based control and support for the connectors you actually use.

Lithium-ion batteries dominate for good reason, but they come with trade-offs worth knowing before you spec one in.