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As the pioneer in COTS obsolescence management, GDCA is authorized by our OEM partners to continue to manufacture and repair the embedded legacy products critical to long-lasting applications. Using OEM-authorized IP and original specifications, GDCA provides repair, long-term customer support, manufacturing, and sustainment for over three thousand End-of-Life, COTS, and custom-embedded computer boards and systems.

Jun 03

5 Sustainment Questions Every Program Must Ask Itself

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Critical Thoughts, Manufacturing

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 valves to complex computer electronics. […]
Feb 18

The Win-Lose Dilemma

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Critical Thoughts, Manufacturing, Obsolescence

All people face personal dilemmas during their lifetimes. Corporations, made up of people, face a fair number of professional dilemmas as well. Companies that produce embedded computer products are aware […]
Mar 10

Recap: Sustainment Symposium 2020

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Critical Thoughts, Events, Manufacturing, Proactive Obsolescence Management

The team here at GDCA has always looked forward to attending the DMSMS conference each December as a capstone to the year. It was a magical time when DMSMS wonks obsessed with DMSMS solutions and obsolescence […]
Dec 15

Risks of Sourcing EOL’d Embedded Boards Outside the OEM

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Critical Thoughts, Obsolescence

There are a variety of issues to be faced when your embedded boards have reached end of life (EOL) or been discontinued by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Without a […]
Nov 10

How to Find Discontinued Embedded Boards

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Critical Thoughts, Manufacturing, Obsolescence, Proactive Obsolescence Management

The inevitable has finally arrived. An embedded board in your application has been discontinued by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Your company needs a critical embedded board, and revenue depends on […]
Oct 12

What is a Second Source of Supply?

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Critical Thoughts, Manufacturing, Proactive Obsolescence Management

Working with a second source of supply is a favorable alternative in obsolescence management. Sanctioned by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) with original IP, a second source of supply rebuilds […]
Oct 25

True Cost – An Introduction to Lifecycle Optimization

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Proactive Obsolescence Management

For embedded board OEMs, Lifecycle Optimization and your electronics product portfolio are an important part of profit and loss considerations when determining your business objectives. Aging products’ impact on ROI […]
Jul 22

Letter from the CEO – What the Customer Wants is Trust

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Letter from CEO

What’s the difference between a customer/supplier relationship and a partnership? In a word: Trust. Sometimes it seems as if no one trusts anyone anymore, and it’s easy to see why. […]
Jun 27

Why We Do It—GDCA’s Values and Legacy Embedded Systems

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Proactive Obsolescence Management

When it comes to proactive obsolescence management, no company is more trusted than GDCA in maintaining legacy embedded systems. Our core values combined with our commitment to our employees, our […]
May 15

How do you fulfill long-term demand for a system when you don’t have a long-term support contract?

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Proactive Obsolescence Management

Often, having a maintenance contract misleads Application OEMs and Prime Contractors into a false sense of long-term protection. When Primes are not privy to an accurate assessment of a system’s […]