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Don’t Let Obsolescence Harm
Your Business
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Obsolescence: the most challenging obstacles companies face in supply chain management
If obsolescence is managed early and addressed methodically, it
has potential to provide significant cost avoidance throughout the
entire life of the display
Source: CMCA, The National Academies Press, & Flickr CC
Obsolescence:
A manufacturing line down situation due to obsolescence is time wasting, resource wasting, causes losses in revenue, causes delivery delays, and the
potential loss of customers due to delivery delays.
Is difficult to plan for
Can cause significant delays in production
Can cost tens of thousands in redesign time
Drives the end product itself to become obsolete
Source: CMCA, The National Academies Press, & Flickr CC
● The key to eliminating this problem is finding a supplier that will work to prepare for obsolescence and will help fix it when it occurs
● Suppliers that build more customized components specifically for your product line are more likely to work with your individualized needs, rather than large-volume manufacturers
Source: CMCA, The National Academies Press, & Flickr CC
Why Partner with a
Supplier
Good partners will help by designing upfront for obsolescence mitigation
Your supplier can react by creating safety stock, sourcing alternate components, and re-engineering your display around a readily available replacement component
This obsolescence management mitigated through your supplier will help to safeguard your product line
The first question to ask your supplier: What would
cause my LCD to become obsolete?
Source: CMCA, The National Academies Press, & Flickr CC
If your supply chain is unable to adapt to their own market conditions and maintain the ability to supply your critical components, then your whole product will likely become obsolete.
To mitigate obsolescence, you need a supplier who will avoid the LCD component from going obsolete so that the customer can produce their product
as long as needed.
Source: CMCA, The National Academies Press, & Flickr CC
Proactive obsolescence management consists of a robust cycle of planning, monitoring, mitigating, and reviewing what is designed to minimize the
impact of obsolescence on system support costs and availability, through the early identification and application of of appropriate strategies,
resources, tools, and resolution options.Source: CMCA, The National Academies Press, & Flickr CC
Avoiding obsolescence or minimizing its costs can be accomplished through proactive actions in:
• Planning• Design• Manufacturing
• Operations• Sales• Marketing
These actions generally have the purpose for:
Minimizing the impacts of obsolescence by anticipating
change
Accommodating changes that cause obsolescence before the costs of obsolescence become substantial
Source: CMCA, The National Academies Press, & Flickr CC
Actions in Design and Planning:
● Strive to assure that an LCD’s design is capable of accommodating change without substantial loss or performance capability
● Designing the end product for the possibility of future functional change
● Designing with the most standard and appropriately up to date components
● Continuing to be alert of any possible change is a prerequisite of effective management of products
● Constantly scanning for trends that may foster obsolescence
● Upon EOL, purchasing an effective and efficient stock quality to manage a last time buy at the lowest component value level possible
● Redesign the display with a readily available component with minimal end product impact
● Plan, so that none of this disrupts manufacturing or the end customers
Source: CMCA, The National Academies Press, & Flickr CC
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