The Price OEMs Pay for IP Protection
The creation, marketing, and ultimately selling of a successful OEM product typically comes down to three simple factors: • Value: How much value does the product offer the consumer for the cost? This does not…
The Benefits of Partstat’s Open Source Big Data Platform
So much of what Partstat offers our customers is rooted in our access to Big Data. Partstat, our acclaimed Big Data platform, consists of, as of this writing, over 9 billion rows of current and…
Fire: The Oldest and Deadliest Risk to Supply Chain Business Continuity
The idea of a raging fire consuming large portions of what we hold dear is one of the oldest threats mankind has faced — and while multiple millennia’s worth of technology, planning, and old-fashioned trial-and-error…
Navigating the New Auto Industry Supply Chain
Since the early 1900s when Henry Ford pioneered the original assembly line, the evolution of the supply chain has been tightly linked to the auto industry — and ever since it has been held up…
The Ideal BOM Monitoring Solution Must Offer These 3 Things
When an OEM or EMS provider decides to adopt a BOM monitoring service into their supply chain, what do they expect to receive? And once it has been received, does it really provide what today’s…
Understanding the True Definition of Obsolescence Management
It is widely understood that “obsolescence” as it relates to the manufacturing industry is defined as the transition of electronic components toward end-of-life. There are many reasons this could occur – some as the result…