TAIPEI – Contract prices of NAND flash products are expected to undergo a marginal drop of 0-5% sequentially in the fourth quarter as demand slows, according to TrendForce. The current cyclical upturn in NAND flash prices will have lasted only two consecutive quarters.

SINGAPORE — Fifty-eight percent of organizations recently surveyed indicate their immediate focus is on increasing supply chain visibility to help create operational resilience, says IDC. By the end of 2021, 60% of all manufacturing supply chains will have invested in the technology and business processes necessary for resiliency, resulting in productivity improvements of 25%.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global shipments of traditional PCs, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, reached 86.7 million units during the third quarter, up 3.9% year-over-year, according to the International Data Corp.

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – Refined tin use in 2020 decreased 1.6% to 361,900 tonnes, with a preliminary estimate of 7.2% expansion during 2021, attributed to recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a recent survey by the International Tin Association. These data reflect unexpected boosts to tin use such as working from home. This, however, could be overly optimistic based on use sectors being constrained by supply chain issues in the second half of 2021, says ITA.