SETTING THE BENCHMARK

With President Donald Trump assuming office, many companies wonder if his administration will change the “Buy America” requirements that expanded in scope under the Biden administration's significant investments in domestic infrastructure, high-tech manufacturing, and clean energy. Buy America...

Developing proactive, resilient, and cost-optimized supply chains is critical for long-lifecycle products (LLCPs), those with active production lives exceeding five years. Sectors like aerospace and defense (A&D), automotive and transportation, large-scale capital equipment, and medical and life...

The Benchmark Site Profile is an ongoing blog feature highlighting our manufacturing and engineering teams located around the world. This blog features the manufacturing team from Tijuana, Mexico.

The United States is making historic investments in domestic infrastructure, defense technology, and clean energy programs that create once-in-a-generation business opportunities for companies throughout the world. As a condition of participating in these programs, the Government is challenging...

Supply chain remains a hot topic as many parts, materials, and components remain in shortage. Navigating these supply chain constraints takes a great deal of future forecasting, planning, and strategically aligning suppliers within proximity to service providers and their customers.

Welcome to our blog series on Benchmark’s Centers of Excellence. These centers embody our commitment to excellence, focusing on their expertise, resources, and certifications in key technologies. Our Centers of Excellence represent the pinnacle of technical competence, delivering the best solutions...

Benchmark’s Chief Revenue Officer Rob Crawford was recently invited to join EMSNow’s Philip Stoten on an episode of the publication’s video series, EMS@C-Level. Rob and Phil discussed a wide variety of topics related to the supply chain and overcoming disruption, the importance of listening to...

Autonomy. Sustainability. Device Proliferation.

2020 saw a boom in the semiconductor industry when the pandemic accelerated remote working environments. As the digital world became “the” playing ground for consumers and businesses alike, semiconductor sales skyrocketed. In fact, according to the ...

Capitalizing on Funding by Meeting Regulations

In the span of just a few short years, the global manufacturing industry has arguably gone through more consecutive disruptions than ever before in our collective history. In the United States, alone, we’ve weathered a trade war, a pandemic, and now, one of the toughest component shortages that...

Companies across the globe, and especially in the U.S., are beginning to reconsider the geographic footprint of their manufacturing operations. Geopolitical factors, transportation costs, and narrowing of the labor cost divide make localization more advantageous than in the past. The trend is even...

The COVID-19 pandemic and many other geopolitical and economic factors have created a volatile supply chain that is significantly disrupting materials and component lead times. In addressing this challenge, Benchmark has seen a significant increase in demand for combined supply chain and design...