Obsolescence monitoring

Ensuring the continual existence of your components

The risks of component obsolescence are increasing, and their repercussions are not without effect on your activities.

This is why Tame-Component fully understands that the earlier the risk is detected, the less the solution will be developed in a climate of panic, and the more advantageous the aspects pertaining to risk/cost.

Tame-Component offers to:

Monitor the bill of materials for your components
Alert you of risks in case of end of life
Accompany you in the implementation of solutions
This service is part of our Obsolutions offer

The benefits

Monitoring the Life Cycle of Components

Products with a long lifespan undergo changes in their components over time.

These evolutions can be :

EOLs questioning the very existence of the product
Legislative changes prohibiting or restricting the use of certain chemical compounds
Major changes in the industrial perimeter of the component (company takeover, takeover by a competitor, etc.) which may lead to global changes in the supply

In all these cases, monitoring the components of this product is essential:

To anticipate future blockages
To guarantee the continuity of supplies
To minimize the costs induced by these events by treating them as early as possible

Scope of Monitoring

The types of components to be monitored can vary greatly from one equipment to another and depend entirely on the obsolescence management strategy defined with the customer.

The scope of monitoring corresponds to the types of “components” in the bill of materials that are monitored (electronic, mechanical, COTS, consumables, etc.)

The means to be implemented being very different from one scope to another, this aspect must be defined at the beginning of the service.

Depth of Analysis

This is the level of detail of the elements provided to the client. It is essentially dependent on the client’s obsolescence management strategy and must therefore be specified at the beginning of the service.

Monitoring of Higher-Level Products

In cases where the equipment integrates sub-assemblies, it is also possible to monitor the components making up these sub-assemblies. This specific monitoring must be explicitly planned from the beginning of the service and is subject to a preliminary feasibility study.

Distribution of Results:

After each quarterly analysis, the results are communicated by e-mail to the person identified by the customer.