{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fiber Focus","title":"Challenging Times Demand Creative Cable Solutions","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":631,"description":"Previously on Fiber Focus, we discussed how artificial intelligence and machine learning are rapidly consuming the industry’s supply of high-performance, high-density network products. Loren Rapp dives deeper in this episode.\nAs Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s product line manager for fiber optic cable, Loren has day-in and day-out supply chain experience. Listen in for her insights on the creative workarounds that customers can consider when demand is skyrocketing for particular products. For example, pliable ribbon cable, aka intermittent bonded ribbon (IBR) cable, is a precision-manufactured product optimized for the AI factory projects that are racing to ramp up around the world.\nWhat is a customer to do when the IBR product specified on their BOM has a lead time that could result in costly delays? With a creative, collaborative approach, customers and manufacturers can keep projects moving forward together. Tune in to this conversation to learn more.\nFiber Focus is a Sumitomo Electric Lightwave podcast. Subscribe, share this episode, and follow Sumitomo Electric Lightwave on LinkedIn and X.\nEpisode Links\nRegional Sales Managers: https://sumitomoelectriclightwave.com/regional-managers/\nQ102-M12+ Fusion Splicer: https://sumitomoelectriclightwave.com/product/q102-m12-plus/\nSplicing 200µm to 250µm Fibers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_8zdyjCxkQ\nLoren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loren-vitter-rapp-a268a61a/\nMeredyth on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/meredythneilly\nConnect with Sumitomo Electric Lightwave\nWebsite: https://sumitomoelectriclightwave.com/\nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@sumitomoelectriclightwave","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/08So5VHIhMkOGNiDKLifeg2QG4_16dR7rcyEidEV5bM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMjJj/ODQ5MTdmMWM2MzAy/NTM5NzAxMTI1YWE4/OTU4Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}