If your BOM costs have been climbing for the past two quarters, you are not imagining it. The The electronic component cost increase in 2026 is broad, accelerating, and rooted in structural forces that will not self-correct in the near term. This surge is driven by several critical factors including rising raw material prices, supply […]

Top takeaways: Most supply chain leaders I speak to believe they have visibility. They have a dashboard. They have a Tier-1 supplier relationship. They have a spreadsheet that someone updates every quarter. But when I ask them: do you know, which of your components are single-sourced? Do you know the site-level manufacturing location of every […]