1.0Supply Chain Navigatorhttps://scnavigator.avnet.comAvnethttps://scnavigator.avnet.com/author/avtsupplychain/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://scnavigator.avnet.com/article/spring-2020/qa-with-ecia-chief-analyst-dale-ford/">Q&A with ECIA Chief Analyst Dale Ford</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://scnavigator.avnet.com/article/spring-2020/qa-with-ecia-chief-analyst-dale-ford/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Q&A with ECIA Chief Analyst Dale Ford” — Supply Chain Navigator" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>http://scnavigator.avnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/scn-april2020-economics-v2b.jpg1800626SCN: Can you give us an update on what ECIA is seeing in terms of the impacts of the global pandemic on the electronic components sector. DF: Of course. As it became clear in January that the Covid-19 virus was not merely a local outbreak in the Wuhan province, ECIA began conducting bi-weekly surveys of member manufacturing and distributor companies so we could provide our partners, and the tech sector at large, with as much visibility as possible into how the evolving crisis would impact the supply chain. In the most recent survey, for the two-week period between April 28…