Last Time Buy vs. Last Time Offering
A widespread practice among original equipment manufacturers (OEM) is the last time buy (LTB) event, which is usually a warning call to customers that a product is approaching its end…
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Too often companies hold on to a product or product line way too long, sustainment costs rapidly increase, and the product soon becomes a burden to the bottom line. Watch Video »
Critical Thoughts Blog
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DoD Programs routinely face a backlog of open cases for parts that are unprocurable owing to obsolescence or DMSMS. Problematic parts range from bolts and…
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Like most people, I haven’t been traveling much since early 2020, but over these past couple of years of pandemic-imposed video calls, I’ve become amazed…
Testimonials
We were faced with an obsolescence issue on our Programmable System Control Unit when our existing vendor was no longer able to manufacture this Viper809 CCA. Through the exceptional efforts of GDCA, Rockwell Collins did not experience any impact to deliveries of product to our customers.
JD Pauly
Director, Single Aisle Programs, Rockwell Collins
Our customers depend on our test and measurement equipment and we depend on GDCA for their obsolescence management expertise. They have proven over the years that with some planning, you can work around obsolescence.
Bernard Ressler
Director of Materials, Anritsu
