Supply & Demand Chain Executive announced Dylan Chew, Global Director of Purchasing at Fusion Worldwide, as a Pro to Know in the semiconductor industry.
In the first half of 2020, the automotive industry took a hard hit from COVID-19 with demand nosediving, production shutdowns and allocation shifts focusing on telecommunications and industrial automation.
On Feb. 13, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the coast of Japan injuring 48 people in the Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. This resulted in Renesas’ Naka factory being hit with a temporary blackout.
Elsie Neoh, a commodity manager at Fusion Worldwide, reports chip customers usually place bulk orders well ahead of time, but fulfillment is taking much longer than usual.