We buy inventory so you don't have to.
There are few things capable of driving production quite like deadlines. It is easy to maintain the status quo when the idea of waiting until tomorrow is a somewhat justifiable alternative, but remove the certainty of tomorrow from the equation, it is much easier to wake up long-dormant motivations. In a way, the news of…
If your company just received a product change notification (PCN) for a critical electronic component or semiconductor, the first thing you should do is consider yourself one of the lucky ones. Of all the electronic components that transition toward obsolescence, roughly half are issued without any prior notice. While component manufactures do strive to keep…
Last July, the U.S. imposed $34 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, with an additional 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion of goods to be implemented after a public comment period. While some analysts predicted that such levies would only last for a short while, in recent months, trade tensions between the two world powers…
There are many variables that can result in supply chain disruption, from the assembly line all the way down to the acquisition of raw materials. Most recently, these disruptions have been primarily caused by a combination of escalating demand for capacitors, resistors, and discrete semiconductors, and a notable lack of investment into capacity by component…
Traditionally, equipment manufacturers have viewed obsolescence management as a strategy that requires implementation only when the market explicitly declares it necessary. Through a product change notification (PCN) or other similar channel, the buyer would be notified when a pivot is necessary. Under certain circumstances, this is not necessarily a poor strategy — such a model…
McDonald’s is back in the news this week as a $300 million buyer. While that could certainly buy a lot of Big Macs, the fast food staple is putting that capital to much better use with the purchase of Tel Aviv-based startup Dynamic Yield. This represents the largest single acquisition McDonald’s has made since Boston…