PASADENA, CA – Procurement professionals are now enjoying a degree of negotiation power that they have not experienced in years due to an improved environment for the buy-side of the electronics supply chain marked by falling lead times, stubborn inventory, uneven demand, and mostly declining pricing, according to new Commodity IQ data from Supplyframe.

TAIPEI – Taiwanese exports of electronic products, primarily semiconductors, shrank in July to $17.7 billion, a 0.4% year-on-year drop, due to faltering demand for foundry services, chip testing and packaging services and printed circuit boards.