Product life cycles and EOL management

Component transition, obsolescence and end of life (EOL) are facts of life in the embedded computing industry. Our customers require a seamless transition when faced with these inevitable situations. At Elma, we keep your vital operations going and protect your investment by:

• Maintaining close relationships with our suppliers and monitoring their roadmaps
• Selecting suppliers dedicated to long product life cycles that support military and industrial expectations for product availability, maintainability and support
• Making last time buys when necessary and maintaining inventories until replacement components are identified
• Monitoring industry trends to more accurately predict future direction
• Proactively designing in replacement components while attempting to reduce impact on functionality and cost
• When possible recommending form fit and function replacements for EOL components and offering full verification and validation testing services to ensure compatibility
• Our participation in embedded electronics standards committees helps ensure that the constant evolution in open standards continues with a balanced concern for backwards compatibility as well as future enhancements