Conversations around the supply chain have become mainstream.
"There are a bunch of different components coming together," Tony Uphoff, president and CEO of Thomas said, "and the reason the supply chain is becoming cocktail party conversation, I think, is that people are becoming all too aware of the complexities around all of these different components."
Thomas noted that printed circuit boards were the most-sourced products in the third quarter, owing to the ubiquity of computer-like interfaces and capabilities in everything from cars to refrigerators.