Cisco EOL Notices

By Michael Stratton

  End of Sale and End of Life Announcement from Cisco. These PCNs were published on 01/03/2017 with a Last Time Buy (LTB) date of 04/04/2017 and a Last Time Ship date of 07/03/2017.  Partstat…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…