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EMS Competitive Scores of top performing companies

Data, Mastery and Culture: Part 1

When I conceived of Freebenchmarking.com, I believed that profiling material’s spending against real market prices would be a valuable metric for companies buying electronic components. When we added the ability to identify and quantify actionable savings at the component level,…

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Metamorphosis

How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 24 I have been absent from the blogging scene for a few months as I have been immersed in roadmap planning, budgets, customer visits and demonstrations of our technological capability. Oh yes,…

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Offerings benefits to our customers

New Insights and Change

How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 23 Lytica’s analysis of industry wide e-component availability determined that the Materials Availability Index (MAI) stands today at 78%, ranging from a low of 33% to a high approaching 100% across commodities.…

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Minimize the Damage of Component Shortages

Humpty Dumpty

How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 21 “We are entering times of trouble”. This is the opening sentence in an article by Oliver Wymans’ partner, Armin Scharlach, titled “Procurement During Trade Wars – Competitive Advantage in Times of…

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A.I Insights & Results

A.I. Insights & Results

How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 18 Before Donald Trump entered politics, his name appeared in less than 0.1% of mainstream news publications. During the election, that number increased to about 10% and has now fallen back to around…

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ATC Program

Progress drives change

How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 17 I missed a cycle in my biweekly blog posting. This I understand to be a faux pas of herculean proportion for bloggers as continuity and consistency are critical to readers. For this,…

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