EMS Providers: Want to Solidify Relationships with OEMs? Try This

By Logan Wamsley

In the competitive realm of contract manufacturing, there is nothing more important for an EMS provider than earning, developing, and maintaining a rapport with their OEM partners. But due to the nature of the business, where EMS providers are often required to operate on profit margins as thin as 5-6 percent, maintaining such a close-knit…

The Top Misconception Regarding Obsolescence Management Strategies

By Logan Wamsley

Type “obsolescence management strategy” into Google, and you’ll find hundreds of tips and tricks from experienced analysts and experts on how to best handle end-of-life components. Most of these tips, ranging from simple supply chain adjustments to intricate analytical insight, do have inherent value on their own, but attempting to educate consumers in such a…

Partstat Wants to Purchase Last Time Buy Inventory For You

By Logan Wamsley

A lot of the solutions we offer at Partstat revolve around building a better mousetrap. We created the best BOM Monitoring Solution on the market, we found a way to warehouse and fulfill critical electronic inventory better and more cost-effectively than most OEMs consider possible, and we have even discovered how to leverage our Big…

Partstat BOM Monitoring Solution: Your First 14 Days

By Logan Wamsley

Nearly every Partstat customer who enrolls in our BOM Monitoring Solution already realizes they are getting the world’s premier service for obsolescence management — and the only one capable of predicting the growing issue of component allocation. What few realize, however, is that Partstat customers do not have to wait a few weeks or months…

The Best Obsolescence Management Strategy Still Comes Down to People

By Logan Wamsley

Much has been said in the news recently regarding supply chain automation finally reaching the potential analysts predicted decades ago, which has prompted intense discussions regarding obvious production benefits against the threat they pose to long-established factory positions. By 2030, some experts estimate that over 70 million of these jobs could be in jeopardy —…