legacy products
Staying Mission Ready: The Importance and Value of Extending Legacy Equipment Lifecycles in Critical Defense Programs
October 30, 2025
In previous articles, we’ve discussed the massive, costly impact that electronics obsolescence has on Defense programs. Few industries feel the effects of this problem the way that Defense manufacturers, contractors, and programs experience it. Many of the electronic systems deployed for use in these applications will be needed for ten years or more, often upwards…
Strategically Approaching a “Last Time Buy” Notice
February 19, 2025
The day you receive that “last time buy” (LTB) notice for a crucial embedded PCB or PCB component for your systems can be stressful–even if you know it’s coming. What if you still need that circuit board five to ten years after that LTB day? Suddenly, sourcing the required parts becomes a mad scramble, resulting…
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…
The Win-Lose Dilemma
February 18, 2022
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 of the issues surrounding component obsolescence. At the end of these products’ active lives, supporting these aging or legacy products consumes more than just manufacturing…
Do your legacy products spark joy?
July 19, 2021
“We have too much stuff,” my wife said six months into the pandemic. We’d done purges before, but they never lasted. Soon afterward, she’d say, “We STILL have too much stuff!” And she was right. This time, we decided to search the internet for advice and discovered Marie Kondo. “KonMari” is a Japanese organizational consultant…
Legacy Assurance vs. Just in Time (JIT) Procurement
May 10, 2018
Innovative ways of thinking are tantamount to making changes in procedural methods. Just in Time (JIT) procurement for acquiring EOL’d embedded boards is often not an option for Legacy Equipment Manufacturing (LEM). Once an EOL notice has been issued and the parts for your system are no longer in production you’ll want to know the…