Ethan Plotkin, Author at GDCA

Ethan Plotkin

Oct 26

Delay is the True Cost of an Ad Hoc Sustainment Strategy

Ethan Plotkin

Letter from CEO

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the “true cost” of things. Our leadership team has been working on a particularly large order for more than a year. Since we restarted the production line for this discontinued COTS board several years back, this is the third ad hoc order we’ve accepted. In each of these […]
Jul 10

The Value of Developing Second Source for Obsolete Boards

Ethan Plotkin

Letter from CEO, Obsolescence

I’ve recently come back from an exciting two-week road trip, and I’ve been talking to a lot of people about the impact obsolete electronics have on their enterprises. The people I met were knowledgeable, passionate, and in many cases struggling to find a solution or make a business case to remedy their particular obsolescence problem. […]