A product change notice lands, a part you depend on is going end-of-life, and the clock starts. The instinct is a large last-time buy. Sometimes that is right. Often there is a better, cheaper path — if you work through the options in order.
An end-of-life or last-time-buy notice gives you two dates that matter: the last order date and the last ship date. Everything else follows from how much runway sits between those dates and your own demand horizon. Before buying anything, we pin down lifetime demand, shelf-life constraints and the capital you are willing to tie up in inventory.
When a part only exists in the broker market, authenticity becomes the whole game. We buy only with a verifiable chain and put incoming parts through diligence — date-code and lot consistency, documentation review, and physical and electrical checks where the risk warrants. A cheap counterfeit on your line costs far more than the part it replaced.
A bridge buy you store badly is money you will scrap. Moisture-sensitive devices need their MSL handled properly — sealed in dry-bag with desiccant and a humidity indicator card, baked before use if the floor-life window has been exceeded. We document storage conditions so the parts you bought today still pass inspection in two years.
Send us the part number and your annual volume. We will map the real options — authorised, alternate or redesign — before anything reaches your line.
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