How to Survive the Aerospace Price Inflation Squeeze

By Logan Wamsley

Maturing generations have a tendency to view price inflation as a symptom of the modern age. With a tear in their eye, they recall the days when a piece of rock candy was a few cents, and the most expensive car a wealthy individual could possibly afford was a fraction of what a Toyota Corolla…

Have You Integrated Skype into Your Partstat Business Profile? You Should.

By Logan Wamsley

At Partstat, we have always believed that the best business models feature a human element that every bit equals whatever technology is highlighted. Innovations, features, and benefits are what turn prospects into potential buyers, but it’s the company’s ability to forge mutually-beneficial one-on-one relationships that turns potential buyers into loyal customers. Times have certainly changed,…

Long-Term Storage of Electronic Components: What Are the Options

By Logan Wamsley

The widening lifecycle mismatch between OEM products and the critical electronic inventory used to create them has had a profound effect on the modern supply chain. Where once OEMs could source the parts required over time under the assumption they would be available for a reasonable amount of time, now even components that were once…

The Expanding Role of Contract Manufacturers, and Their Limits

By Logan Wamsley

There was a time in the not-so-distant past where contract manufacturers (CMs) fulfilled a singular role in an OEM supply chain: product assembly. It’s a vital step in the manufacturing process, to be sure, but it was also a role kept isolated from the other processes necessary to fully realize a concept from design to…

Do You Want Your Inventory to Be Seen? Start With Google.

By Logan Wamsley

Listing your inventory through Partstat comes with many benefits — unlimited status reports, custom company profiles including Youtube and Skype integration, and access to over 50 billion data points that allow you to competitively price inventory in a real-time model — and all of them are free to uploaders. But it’s also important to realize…