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When it comes to last time buys, it doesn’t take long to realize that they are everyone’s problem. And when the time comes when such a transaction becomes necessary to ensure a product’s life cycle can be completed, it can often prove complicated to determine whose problem it is to solve. Every EMS provider/OEM partnership…
An obsolescence management strategy that mitigates the issues associated with end-of-life electronic components does not mean having the ability to quickly negotiate a last time buy, nor does it mean having long-term contracts with preferred OCM partners to fulfill inventory over a long-term period. It also doesn’t mean having the infrastructure to know when a…
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…
Type “obsolescence management strategy” into Google, and you’ll find hundreds of tips and tricks from experienced analysts and experts on how to best handle end-of-life components. Most of these tips, ranging from simple supply chain adjustments to intricate analytical insight, do have inherent value on their own, but attempting to educate consumers in such a…
A lot of the solutions we offer at Partstat revolve around building a better mousetrap. We created the best BOM Monitoring Solution on the market, we found a way to warehouse and fulfill critical electronic inventory better and more cost-effectively than most OEMs consider possible, and we have even discovered how to leverage our Big…
In the competitive supply chain marketplace in which Partstat operates, we are the only partner who offers a Last Time Buy Solution that can securely store and fulfill critical electronic inventory anywhere in the world for up to 10 years. For companies like Philips and GE who depend on last time buys to complete the…