ATLANTA – The health of the electronics components supply chain is relatively stable amid economic uncertainty and rising concerns in many sectors of the supply chain and segments of the market.

That’s according to the latest ECIA recent survey of electronics component manufacturers and distributors. The trade group found that electronics component revenues in the first half of 2020 were much more solid than originally feared, and reasonable expectations for the second half remain. However, the ability to manage the pandemic continues to be an ever-present factor for supply chain-managers as they look forward.

Survey responses across a range of measures show a significant jump in concerns regarding the health of the electronics component supply chain. While concerns about end-market demand remain high, the index of concern regarding raw materials disruption, shipping and logistics disruption and electronics component production jumped from their lowest levels measured in July back to the peak levels last seen in April and May. Concerns regarding electronics systems manufacturing continued to increase from the lows seen at the end of May.

In contrast to concerns reported about the supply chain, the index for the impact of Covid-19 on the ability to supply passive components and semiconductors on time saw a significant reduction, and electro-mechanical components only increased slightly since the latest survey.

“There continues to be some cognitive dissonance in the survey results between the impact on ‘on-time’ delivery and the overall trends for increased lead times due to Covid-19,” said ECIA chief analyst Dale Ford. “The index for all three major component categories registered a notable jump in expectations for increased lead times.”

This most recent survey was conducted between Aug. 10 and Aug. 17.

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