Parts shortages hamper electronics makers

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Supply shortfalls are wreaking havoc on the electronics' industry's inventory control and corporate growth. Supply-chain models have broken down causing major shortages for telecommunications equipment, semiconductors and computer companies, not to mention book printing and turbine manufacturing industries. No one foresaw the strong demand, particularly in the electronics sector where the just-in-time model has mostly failed.

Market information - general, Electronics, Statistical Data Included, Management, Product information, Electronics industry, Distribution, Industrial suppliers, Supply and demand, Product distribution

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Drop in PC slaes spurs a decline in chip market

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Due to a drop in the sale of personal computers, the semiconductor industry is also seeing a decline. Although most in the industry were expecting fantastic sales for 2000 because of cell phones and handhelds contaning chips that were emerging on the market, all were disapointed and surprised when Intel Corp. announced a decreased forecast of earnings.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Sales & consumption, Electronic Components, Computer industry, Microcomputers, Semiconductor device, Electronic components industry, Micron Technology Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., MU, TXN, Sales, Sales analysis

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Faint signs suggest chip industry has bottomed out; insiders say rebound will take longer than in past due to excess capacity

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Following one of the worst downturns in the history of the industry, experts detect signs that the semiconductor industry may be beginning to recover, with the Semiconductor Industry Association predicting a 4.7% increase in sales in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, which would be the first quarterly increase in over a year. Prices for some memory chips have risen, after they collapsed during the past year, and firms like Intel Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. are raising profit and sales forecasts. Prices are likely to remain soft for many months, as the industry in the U.S. was using only 59% of its manufacturing capacity in October. Industry executives see 2002 as a transition year, with 2003 as a boom year, likening this present cycle to the downturn in the industry in 1985, after which it took almost three years for the industry to get back up to full manufacturing capacity.

Finland, Taiwan, Communications Equipment, Telecommunications Equipment, Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Forecasts and trends, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Industry trend, Telecommunications equipment industry, Telecommunications systems, Nokia Corp., NOK, Semiconductor Industry Association

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