Save Working Capital While Securing EOL Inventory

By Dan Crippen

 What’s the cost for your company to carry inventory? Do you have a plan for securing production/service inventory that may go obsolete? In 2015 over 41% of parts were obsoleted without a notification; Partstat will buy the parts that you need from the supplier, store them in ISO certified warehouses, and fulfill them to solve…

Cypress Semiconductor EOL Notices

By Dan Crippen

 These PDNs were published on  12/16/15, 01/14/16, 01/26/16, 01/27/16 and list all parts with the LTB dates of 01/31/17, 01/14/16, 07/31/16 and 07/27/16 respectively. For information on PDNs and LTB management contact Partstat toll-free at (844)-200-0789 or by email at sales@partstat.com Part Number Publish Date Replacement Last Time Buy (LTB) CY7C421-15AXC 06/24/16 None 04-Jan-17 CY7C421-20JXC 06/24/16 None 04-Jan-17 CY7C421-20VXC 06/24/16 None 04-Jan-17…

Our Heart Is In Orlando

By Dan Crippen

Earlier this month one of this nation’s worst tragedies occurred less than 20 miles away in downtown Orlando. It is with our greatest sympathies that we extend our hearts and thoughts out to the innocent victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, a senseless act of terrorism fueled by radical religious fanaticism. There is much that…

Atmel EOL Notices

By Dan Crippen

 These PDNs were published on  12/16/15, 01/14/16, 01/26/16, 01/27/16 and list all parts with the LTB dates of 01/31/17, 01/14/16, 07/31/16 and 07/27/16 respectively. For information on PDNs and LTB management contact Partstat toll-free at (844)-200-0789 or by email at sales@partstat.com

3 Steps to Intelligent Life-Cycle Management

By Dan Crippen

Most professionals are aware of what a product life-cycle is, how it works and why it matters. In short, a product gets introduced into the marketplace where it (typically) starts on a bell curve reaching maturity and then phasing out of relevance. For some industries like clothing this phase out may bleed into some new…

How do companies handle end life of components?

By Maria Ortega

Everything gets old at some point and becomes obsolete. This happens more frequently in today’s world, since technology is changing so rapidly. We can find obsolete components in industries such as medical, IT, energy, robotics, military, aviation and many more. This situation is considered a major challenge since a component becomes obsolete by a manufacturer…