Is your Inventory Expired?
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and your 2019 is off an running. In my last article, I discussed that the capacitance value of Class 2 MLCC degrades over time, the majority occurring early in their ‘life’. You should discuss with your engineering team about a lower limit, estimate the […]
Shortages and other Supply Chain Challenges: What’s a Buyer to do?
In my last article, I summarized the causes and effects of the ongoing MLCC shortage. This situation of course creates risk for buyers. And by “buyers” I mean the organization as well as the individual. In times of shortage, how do you ensure that you can continue to supply your production lines? A few thoughts: […]
MLCC Shortage: How did we get there?
The humble multi-layer ceramic capacitor. They had been considered essentially stock items. We didn’t forecast for them, they were just generally available. Now they’re in shortage and you can’t find what you need anywhere. How did we get to this point? There have been a lot of articles about this, but I like to spell […]
