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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…
Nearly every Partstat customer who enrolls in our BOM Monitoring Solution already realizes they are getting the world’s premier service for obsolescence management — and the only one capable of predicting the growing issue of component allocation. What few realize, however, is that Partstat customers do not have to wait a few weeks or months…
Much has been said in the news recently regarding supply chain automation finally reaching the potential analysts predicted decades ago, which has prompted intense discussions regarding obvious production benefits against the threat they pose to long-established factory positions. By 2030, some experts estimate that over 70 million of these jobs could be in jeopardy —…
2018 has seen the chip market experiencing a period of nearly record demand, especially for chip capacitors, resistors, and memory such as NOR and NAND Flash. Although this surge was largely anticipated by many industry analysts, the sheer scale of it nevertheless has caught even some of the world’s leading chip manufacturers off guard. Even…
The term obsolescence management strategy, while simple in theory (how OEMs adapt their supply chain when faced with critical electronic components approaching end-of-life), has a nearly infinite number of variations in the supply chain marketplace. In one regard, this is understandable given how each industry — and each manufacturer within that industry — prioritizes different…
It is difficult to read anything about today’s auto industry without diving headfirst into the discussion about the impending electric revolution. Some automakers, such as Volvo, have been extremely enthusiastic about the transition, while others like Ford have been slightly more deliberate in their offerings, careful to keep one eye on the future while keeping…