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Look For These 3 Things in Your Obsolescence Management Partner

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...
Mergers Foreshadow Another Wave of End-of-Life Semiconductors

Mergers Foreshadow Another Wave of End-of-Life Semiconductors

A PATTERN OF SEMICONDUCTOR MERGERS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY A SURGE IN END-OF-LIFE NOTICES TOOK SHAPE IN THE LAST DECADE. ARE WE DUE FOR ANOTHER WAVE OF END-OF-LIFE SEMICONDUCTORS? During the middle of the last decade, we saw a huge wave of semiconductor mergers. Two years...
A Surge of End-of-Life Notifications Is Likely In The Near Future. Are You Prepared?

A Surge of End-of-Life Notifications Is Likely In The Near Future. Are You Prepared?

Are parts that keep your line running in the crosshairs for discontinuance? When production re-locates, not all parts make the move. Chip companies will make economically-driven decisions on what parts to support. The result: a wave of end-of-life notifications in...
Responding to Lifetime Buy Events: How Do Organizational Biases Affect You?

Responding to Lifetime Buy Events: How Do Organizational Biases Affect You?

Market pressures force daily decisions with major tradeoffs in the world of electronic components purchasing. These decisions are impacted by the unique biases of the buyer. Lifetime buy events raise the stakes and bring biases into greater focus. Balanced supply...