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iSuppli Component Health Watch™ (CHW) reports the status and outlook of the overall supply and demand environment for major electronic components. CHW is a collaborative effort by iSuppli application analysts who research component end use and by iSuppli component analysts who focus their investigation on component and raw material supply. No other service can match the depth, breadth, cadence, or credibility of Component Health Watch.



What products will have the greatest risk of shortage in the near future? When will product availability be impacted? What factors will impact availability? What are the global price trend directions?

Supply Health Summary

Provides analysis on the overall supply environment, considering: supplier health, emerging technologies, raw material issues, component maturities, available and planned capacity, and current and projected demand.

Flexibility

Reports the supplier ability or willingness to accept unforecasted upsides. Graphical representation with color-coded boxes depicting the flexibility status, with current month and next quarter forecast flexibility portrayed.

Lead Time

Affords overall manufacturer lead times for each component reported in CHW, with current month lead time given in weeks and the next quarter lead time is presented in graphical format with colored arrows depicting the status of lead time.

Global Price Trend Changes

Reports pricing data from iSuppli Component Price Tracker™ (CPT) at the summary level of global pricing trends for each component in CHW

Component Price Tracker

Electronic Equipment Forecast

Teardown Analysis

What areas of the supply chain are currently having supply problems and why?