For some time now, products with lifecycles over one year that comprise electronic components have been fraught with component obsolescence problems as these components unexpectedly cease to be ...

Walk into any warehouse, and you will see shelves stacked with goods waiting to be sold. Now imagine that some of those goods will never sell. They might be last season’s clothing, an outdated ...

Reframing obsolescence as a natural part of the product lifecycle. Securing supply chains and collaborating for successful product sustainment. Everyone has habits. They permeate every aspect of our ...

LONDON — EU proposals to ban the use of lead in electronic equipment are likely to accelerate industry's already growing problem of how it can maintain expensive, long-lifespan equipment when ...

In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, the Red Queen tells Alice, "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." The race between innovation and obsolescence is like this.

Dr. Wolfgang Heinbach, IIOM President and COGD Board Chairman: "Participants at the fifth International Obsolescence Conference in Munich will benefit both from the expert knowledge conveyed in the ...

Product obsolescence is not new to aviation, and neither are the costs and inefficiencies caused by this issue. Yet some industry experts say too often, the avionics industry fails to take a strategic ...