Posts by GDCA
Obsolescence: The Undiscussed Corporate Skeleton in the Closet
October 27, 2024
Tania Scroggie is back this week with another installment of her YouTube short video series, Tania’s Teachables, exploring the skeleton in the corporate closet–embedded electronics obsolescence. The Obsolescence Skeleton Recently, Tania and other members of her team attended the first ever Embedded World North America conference, a wonderful and insightful event. Although the attendees were…
Legacy Engineering: Balancing Innovation with Tradition
October 1, 2024
Legacy electronic systems result from technology’s swift evolution, a rapid pace of growth and innovation that, while widely celebrated, leaves many embedded systems incompatible and unable to easily and affordably upgrade in its wake. What is Legacy Engineering? The goal of engineering as a general field has always been to solve technical problems, increase efficiency…
Unearthing Hidden Gems: The Journey of Licensing an Obsolete Product
September 23, 2024
Tania Scroggie, SCRM and legacy manufacturing expert, is back with another episode of Tania’s Teachables on YouTube! In this installment of her educational shorts, she takes us on a journey through the complex process of licensing obsolete electronic products. Finding the Pieces–the Detective work of Legacy Products A major part of Tania’s responsibilities at GDCA…
The Enduring Legacy of Embedded Boards and the Importance of Legacy Sustainment – GDCA
August 13, 2024
The idea that embedded boards can have a legacy or impact as enduring as the pyramids may seem strange in a world that is always looking for the newest and most innovative technology. Their importance in electronics, both in history and in the present day, can be easy to overlook, but like historical sites such…
Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages
July 31, 2024
Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages or DMSMS continues to be an especially critical topic for defense manufacturing and supply chain risk management (SCRM). While more and more efforts have been made recently to encourage and support proactive strategies to combat DMSMS and obsolescence, there are still a lot of challenges facing end-users and application…
Tania’s Teachable: Cautionary Tales from the Embedded Industry: The Cost of Ignoring Loyal Customers
May 1, 2024
New Episode Alert: Lessons from a Market Leader’s Misstep In our latest episode of “Tania’s Teachable,” we explore a compelling case study recently featured in EE Times Europe. The episode delves into the story of an embedded computer market leader who faced significant challenges after neglecting its loyal customer base during critical industry shifts. This…
Just because you have the TDP doesn’t mean you can build the board
February 20, 2024
Recently, one of the ways in which we’ve seen end-use customers try to combat electronics obsolescence is by getting the technical data (TDP) of the required circuit board from the OEM. For the last few years, there has been a growing conviction that having the TDP is the answer to the challenge of assuring support…
The New Kids on the Supply Chain Block
January 12, 2024
Electronics obsolescence causes far bigger shockwaves across supply chains than most people realize. The domino effect typically starts with the discontinuation of a component on the circuit board, and then cascades all the way through the supply chain to the end-user’s equipment. The result is a relentless avalanche of cross-industry costs, supply chain inefficiencies, and…
Tania’s Teachable Discussions
December 26, 2023
A new video series for OEMs on the EOL cycle Legacy Expert Tania Scroggie of GDCA, Inc. presents a new series of short videos about end-of-life products and the strategies available to OEMs when their customers want support for an embedded system that is obsolete. Tania is GDCA’s OEM Relationships Director, responsible for coordinating between…
Obsolescence is a now problem–not a later one
December 15, 2023
A case study in what can go wrong Obsolescence is a critical issue in PCB manufacturers and their customers, and can be an expensive problem to deal with if not dealt with on time, or even better, ahead of time before the real issues begin. As a legacy equipment manufacturer–a manufacturer of obsolete and discontinued…