Supply Chain Inventory Challenges

By Michael Stratton

Running a supply chain operation comes with a great deal of the unexpected.  For years companies have tried to optimize and streamline their supply chains, only to have the littlest frustrations pop up in the most untimely manner.  And when I say the littlest thing, I mean something as small as a duplicated spreadsheet, or…

CUI Inc EOL Notices

By Michael Stratton

These PCNs have a Last Time Buy date on 3/10/2017 and Last Time Ship date on 12/05/2017. For questions and information on PCNs and LTB management contact Partstat toll-free at (844)-200-0789 or by email at sales@partstat.com   Part Number Drop-in Replacement Last Time Buy (LTB) Last Time Ship (LTS) VDRS-10-12 VDRS-20-12 03/10/17 12/05/17 VDRS-10-15 VDRS-20-15 03/10/17 12/05/17 VDRS-10-24…

Excess Inventory Recovery

By Michael Stratton

Excess inventory?  Of course…everyone has it.  But, the question is, what are you doing with it?  We need to face one fact in this post, and that is most all OEM and CM companies do not have a dedicated employee for handling excess inventory.  In fact, this important aspect of the business usually gets added…

Cypress EOL Notices

By Michael Stratton

These PCNs have Last Time Buy dates starting on 4/03/2017 and Last Time Ship dates starting on 7/03/2017. For questions and information on PCNs and LTB management contact Partstat toll-free at (844)-200-0789 or by email at sales@partstat.com Part Number Drop-in Replacement Last Time Buy (LTB) Last Time Ship (LTS) BCM20739KUMLG CYW20739KUMLG 3-Apr-17 3-Jul-17 BCM43909KRFBG CYW43909KRFBG 3-Apr-17 3-Jul-17 BCM20732IT…

Bill of Materials Monitoring

By Michael Stratton

Managing a bill of materials is a vital element when it comes to product development and manufacturing.  Since we all know its important, you would think companies have developed an efficient system for managing the BOM process, right?  Wrong.  Surprisingly, many companies are still struggling with the bill of materials subject.  In fact, there are…

Vishay EOL Notices

By Michael Stratton

These PCNs were published on 10/20/2016 with Last Time Buy date on 3/31/2017 and Last Time Ship on 9/30/2017.   For questions and information on PCNs and LTB management contact Partstat toll-free at (844)-200-0789 or by email at sales@partstat.com   Current Part Number Issue Date Recommended Replacement Last Time Buy DG1408EN-T1-GE4 10/20/16 DG4053EEN-T1-GE4 03/31/17 DG1408EEN-T1-GE4 10/20/16 DG9052DQ-T1-E3 03/31/17 DG441LDY-E3…