UC-367
Obsolescence and Counterfeit Parts Watch
Watches lifecycle notices and broker listings against the programme bill of material, flags obsolescence, and scores counterfeit risk.
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The Challenge
A discontinued component found at build stops a line and pushes buyers to grey-market stock. It persists because lifecycle notices arrive by supplier email and nobody maps them to the bill of material.
How It Works
- Reads product change and discontinuation notices, programme bills of material and listings.
- Maps each notice to affected assemblies and scores obsolescence and counterfeit risk.
- Issues the programme buyer a ranked list with last-time-buy and redesign options.
What It Removes
- Manual reading of product discontinuation notices
- Spot checks on broker stock provenance
- Reactive last-time-buy scrambles at build stage
Input Data RequirementsProduct change and discontinuation notices, programme bills of material, approved supplier lists, broker listings, counterfeit alerts, forecasts
Output FormatRanked obsolescence action list per programme, counterfeit exposure score by supply source, and a last-time-buy budget forecast
“We find out a chip is end of life when the only stock left is from a broker we do not know”