5th COGD Obsolescence Day to focus on strategic risk management
October 03, 2024
The Component Obsolescence Group Deutschland (COGD) is hosting the 5th Obsolescence Day at electronica 2024 in Munich on November 15. The event will address the growing challenge of obsolescence in key components, materials, and software, which continues to pose risks to industrial production and maintenance.
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COGD sees further increase in obsolescence risks
May 08, 2023
Something as small as a single tiny electronic component that suddenly becomes unavailable from one day to the next can cause enormous economic damage. This is all the more alarming as the list of potential weak points in supply chains has been growing longer and longer, and not just since the start of the Corona pandemic.
Component obsolescence – how do you avoid the headache?
March 21, 2023
Component obsolescence is something unavoidable. It’s in the nature of our industry to keep innovating and thus leaving the old behind. But component obsolescence should not mean product obsolescence.
Managing obsolescence: FED and COGD agree on cooperation
November 28, 2022
The German Electronics Design and Manufacturing Association (FED) and the Component Obsolescence Group Deutschland (COGD) signed a cooperation agreement at Electronica in Munich.
An unavoidable issue getting too little attention
June 10, 2022
Obsolescence is unavoidable, it can happen at any stage of the supply chain, and if there are no tools or strategies to handle it in place – it can be very costly.
Evertiq Expo Berlin – a day for the electronics industry
June 07, 2022
The topics of obsolescence, flexible electronics and the current shortage – all discussed in a days work at Evertiq Expo Berlin.
Obsolescence management cannot be an afterthought
May 20, 2022
“Obsolescence has always existed. However, it usually only becomes really critical for companies when the exception mutates into the norm. And in recent years we have unfortunately experienced this unwanted development not only with semiconductor chips, but increasingly with many other components, materials and raw materials,” says IIOM President and COGD Chairman Dr Wolfgang Heinbach.
We need all to develop strategies to reduce obsolescence-related risks
March 11, 2022
You can’t ignore obsolescence management if you want more safety and sustainability in your supply chains. Our constant need to keep innovating is leading to a quicker discontinuation of components – which means that an action plan needs to be in place.
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