The Secret Behind Partstat’s Ability to Predict Obsolescence & Allocation

By Logan Wamsley

In addition to our ability to confirm component lifecycles, Partstat offers the only BOM Monitoring Solution on the market that can predict allocation before it occurs. Especially when OEMs are facing the most significant electronic component shortage in over a decade, this feature has become an indispensable part of our customers’ supply chains. Instead of…

Component Shortages, Obsolescence, & Allocation: The Solution You Need

By Logan Wamsley

The current high demand for electronic components has ‒ ultimately ‒ led to a severe shortage. While this has had a detrimental effect on supply chains, many manufacturers believed this would be a temporary situation. However, this component shortage may be here longer than expected. In today’s market, the supply and demand imbalance is defined…

What Makes Partstat BOM Monitoring Unique

By Logan Wamsley

Component price inflation, escalating consumer demand, and suppliers’ inability to expand production has quickly turned BOM monitoring from a luxury into a critical element of a successful supply chain. In a recent press release, Gartner predicted that “component shortages, rising bill of materials (BOM) and the resulting prospect of having to raise average selling prices…

Predict Allocation: Partstat BOM Monitoring by the “Number”

By Logan Wamsley

The benefits of adopting a BOM monitoring service need no elaboration. Lead times for once commoditized passive components are now approaching near historic highs — in some cases beyond 52 weeks — and as component manufacturers continue to ramp up production to meet escalating demand, the lifecycles of their offerings continue to shorten. The problem…

The Ideal BOM Monitoring Solution Must Offer These 3 Things

By Logan Wamsley

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 supply chain requires? If we are discussing the vast majority of offerings currently available, the answer is relatively simple. With…

The Value of Lifecycle Confirmation in Your Obsolescence Management Strategy

By Logan Wamsley

With over 50 billion points of Big Data on over 25 million electronic components, semiconductors, and peripheral products, Partstat is uniquely positioned to offer OEM customers a BOM Monitoring Solution that can monitor for component obsolescence and predict allocation in a real-time model updated every 15 minutes. And with our network of over 5,000 manufacturers…