Look For These 3 Things in Your Obsolescence Management Partner
You’ve sourced electronic components for your organization in the past. You’ve organized supply chains, and you’ve done it on tight timelines. But obsolescence management presents a different set of challenges. Today, the average component’s lifecycle is 10 years; as...
Are you solving the right problem? Reframe your excess as inventory solutions
Reframe your excess problems as inventory solutions to support long-term growth and supply chain stability. WHAT DOES YOUR EXCESS INVENTORY HAVE IN COMMON WITH A SLOW ELEVATOR? BOTH PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REFRAMING—FROM AN ENJOYABLE RIDE TO INVENTORY SOLUTIONS....
The End of an Era? What Seismic Shifts in Global Politics Mean for Your Shortage Planning
You can buffer against destabilizing global politics with three strategies to develop insight and build agility into your long-term shortage planning. You’ve likely spent 2020, and now also 2021, exploring ways to strengthen your supply chain and perhaps even pivoting...
Smart Strategies to Avoid the Bullwhip Effect Through Excess Solutions
Small changes in demand can trigger much larger inefficiencies throughout the supply chain, but here’s how you can avoid the bullwhip effect through excess solutions. One of the more colorful descriptions of supply chain volatility, the “bullwhip effect,” as described...
How to Take Control of Your Obsolescence Options for Legacy Devices
Focusing on predictive strategies can offer dramatic advantages to those looking for obsolescence options for legacy devices. Taking a reactive stance around obsolescence is common. With the many other challenges in sourcing, the focus on longer-term strategy for...
3 Factors to Consider When Searching for High-Reliability Components
When neither traditional suppliers, franchise distributors, nor small brokers can meet your needs, global independent parts distributors provide a credible alternative. Thanks to stringent approved vendor lists (AVLs) and diminishing supply, high-reliability component...
A Five-Point Guide to Managing Electronics Supply Chains During Challenging Periods
A2’s CEO Frank Cavallaro shared thoughts with Electronics Sourcing on the evolution of the electronic distribution sector, plus tips for successful management of electronics supply chains. Electronics Sourcing magazine recently interviewed A2’s CEO Frank...
New Tech Shortage Impacts: Will Innovations Stimulate Future Supply Chain Disruptions?
New technologies are disruptive in many ways. We anticipate new tech shortage impacts will create continued competition with other industry sectors for the supply of key technology components. The world has largely moved on from the immediate shortage impacts of the...