What We Talk About When We Talk About Last Time Buys

By Logan Wamsley

A last time buy, as does every supply chain decision, always comes down to money – money tied up, money spent, money saved, and money made. Going further, any decision that comes down to money must also be taken within context of time. If I spend this amount now, how long until I see return…

Long-Term Storage of Electronic Components: What Are the Options

By Logan Wamsley

The widening lifecycle mismatch between OEM products and the critical electronic inventory used to create them has had a profound effect on the modern supply chain. Where once OEMs could source the parts required over time under the assumption they would be available for a reasonable amount of time, now even components that were once…

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…

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…