2019 New Year Resolutions for Your Supply Chain

By Logan Wamsley

2018 has officially come and gone, and for many professionals involved in the manufacturing supply chain, the end couldn’t have come soon enough. Despite the electronic component market increasing approximately 8% – with even faster growth expected in 2019 with the rollout of 5G networks – supply has consistently failed to match the skyrocketing demand.…

The Secret Behind Partstat’s Ability to Predict Obsolescence & Allocation

By Logan Wamsley

In addition to our ability to confirm component lifecycles, Partstat offers the only BOM Monitoring Solution on the market that can predict allocation before it occurs. Especially when OEMs are facing the most significant electronic component shortage in over a decade, this feature has become an indispensable part of our customers’ supply chains. Instead of…

New Aerospace Frontiers, Old Obsolescence Challenges

By Logan Wamsley

While initial thoughts of the aerospace industry typically conjure images of fighter jets, commercial aircraft, and possibly aftermarket parts among those who are familiar with this world, we often forget to include the rapidly growing training and simulation market. Boeing, for example, has historically been a leader in this field, but their recent announcement of…

Tap into Big Data’s True Potential with Partstat’s API

By Logan Wamsley

Not long ago, Big Data was nothing more than a tech industry buzzword, not far removed from where terms such as blockchain are today. It incited excitement as to the possibilities and implications for the future of the manufacturing industry (and business as a whole), but the means to access, analyze, and incorporate such data’s…

How Partstat Is Fulfilling an Electronics Industry Need for…Fulfillment

By Logan Wamsley

If inventory sourcing is the heart of the manufacturing supply chain, inventory fulfillment is the blood. Whether an OEM purchases bulk quantities of critical components upfront or through a third-party vendor late into their product’s lifecycle, it is still critical that those components are at the point of assembly when needed, in optimal condition regardless…

OCMs: How to Offer OEM Customers a Soft Landing from Obsolescence

By Logan Wamsley

The state of the electronic component market is always changing, and in recent years soaring demand in certain industries is forcing component manufacturers to shorten the lifecycles of their products. The moment demand dips, the market leaves these companies no choice but to transition the part toward obsolescence and shift their focus where customer demand…