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Strengthening Long-Term Support: 2025 Reflections
December 16, 2025
As the 2025 year comes to an end and a new year approaches, Tania Scroggie offers her reflections as the OEM Relationship Director at GDCA over her experiences over the past year in her latest YouTube upload! Over the four episodes of “Tania’s Teachables” released in 2025, Tania explored the many conversations she’s had with…
Understanding the Role of LEMs in the Supply Chain
March 21, 2025
GDCA Solution Director Thomas Helmonds is the guest speaker in our most recent YouTube upload! In this short, educational video, Thomas explores the role of legacy equipment manufacturing in long product lifecycles, supply chain resilience, and cost-effective solutions for the critical and obsolete embedded electronics systems. For industries like medical equipment manufacturing, defense equipment, and…
The Recurring Nightmare: Obsolescence Strikes Again… and Again
January 13, 2025
Tania Scroggie is starting the new year with another installment of her short video series, Tania’s Teachables, on YouTube! Tania tackles the frustrating and recurring nightmare of embedded electronics obsolescence in her tenth video discussion. The Nightmare of Obsolescence Nearly every OEM has experienced it. Customers grow frustrated and leave because the OEM cannot…
Wrapping Up 2024 with Tania Scroggie
December 29, 2024
Tania Scroggie returns in her short YouTube series, Tania’s Teachables, exploring the incredible journey that we’ve been on together this year. In this latest installment, Tania reflects on the various topics she’s covered in legacy sustainment and support. She plans to use this as a foundation for even more exploration into the unique and fascinating…
Thanksgiving Tribute to OEMs: Honoring Those Who Support Legacy Systems – GDCA
November 20, 2024
This Thanksgiving, Tania Scroggie expresses her gratitude on behalf of GDCA for our OEM partners and customers who have partnered with us to support their legacy embedded systems for their own customers. For several decades, GDCA has been working hard to support and sustain the needs of legacy embedded systems customers, and we are always…
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…
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…