The COVID-19 pandemic, for all of the fear and tragedy that it is responsible for around the world, has been equally disruptive in the business world. Long-standing strategies used for sourcing electronic components, semiconductors, and related products from distributors on an as-needed basis have suddenly hit a brick wall, and OEMs around the world are…
Most aviation-related manufacturers run at tight margins even in the best of times, so the shock of the COVID-19-related shutdown of many supply lines has been difficult to overcome, to say the least. It is worth noting that the current crisis also comes at a time when aviation manufacturing is already struggling. Parts suppliers, component…
Ever since its inception, Partstat BOM Monitoring has been the industry’s only source for accurate obsolescence and allocation monitoring and prediction. What was once a luxury that took a team of analysts and billions of unstructured — and costly — data points to manage is all handled automatically for each BOM Monitoring customer after uploading…
Supply chains around the world are still feeling the drastic effects of the COVID-19-caused lockdown of the global economy, and various industries are having to dig deep to find ways to move forward despite the setbacks. The medical industry has been getting a particularly high amount of press. As demand continues to spike, supply has…
As the Coronavirus-caused lockdown of the world economy continues, supply chains across virtually all industries are feeling the squeeze. Among the industries most feeling the effects is transportation; as air lanes are being ever-more aggressively shuttered, key goods ranging from food perishables to sensitive electronic components are experiencing delays that many companies were not prepared…
There are few issues that cause more friction between OEMs and their contract manufacturers than last time buys. Although last time buys are often necessary to ensure the lifecycle of the OEM product, the protocol for the last time buy, or who holds responsibility for the last time buy, is often murky at best. For…
