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The Cost of Delay (ROI Aligned)
The Cost of Delay As a Product Manager, you make hundreds of decisions a week. But what about the one you keep putting off? The one about the long tail […]
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Dec 16Strengthening Long-Term Support: 2025 Reflections
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 […]
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Dec 14Understanding the True Cost of Tech Obsolescence
Do we, as an industry, truly understand the full impact and cost of tech obsolescence? Over the past years, the team at GDCA has been doing our best to educate […]
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Aug 18The Inchworm Dilemma: Why Your Strategy Isn’t Moving Forward
Tania Scroggie is back with another episode of ‘Tania’s Teachables’ over on YouTube, this time exploring the hard truth of dealing with legacy electronics in today’s modern world of fast-paced […]
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Aug 06Strategies for Managing Obsolete Semiconductors amidst Changing Global Markets and Supply Chain Issues
Semiconductors are literally the backbone of all electronics–and because of that, when a semiconductor becomes obsolete, finding support for it, whether that be replacement parts, fresh components, or repair services, […]
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Jun 03Strategies for Effective Part Obsolescence Management in Electronic Infrastructure Systems
As a society, we are incredibly dependent on our smartphones and devices, whether we want to admit it or not, for many crucial aspects of our daily lives. But imagine […]
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Feb 19Strategically Approaching a “Last Time Buy” Notice
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 […]
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Jan 13The Recurring Nightmare: Obsolescence Strikes Again… and Again
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 […]
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Jan 10Understanding and Mitigating Obsolescence Risks in Embedded Systems
Electronics obsolescence is an inevitable and fundamental problem that many manufacturers and end-users face daily with their embedded systems. But it doesn’t have to be a big challenge–proper planning and […]
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Dec 26Tania’s Teachable Discussions
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 […]
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