With the population of part numbers out there--including the fact that two numbers may be assigned the same part to ID on as RoHS-compliant--it is easy to see how easily this can happen. Suppliers put out EOL notices and for the most part are "passive" about them--if customers want the information they can go find it. Others are active--they push the EOL out to known customers. Companies that cull this information and centralize it are providing a real service, but even they can't be certain they have every EOL available.
the first two bullets are crucial for not loosing a customer. Usually, if the company notifies its current and previous part purchaser company then the buyer company can keep an inventory, in case the obselete part is crucial. But if an engineer is working on a new design then it might be diffcult to keep a track of the parts that have gone obsolete.
That is exactly right. The CAD program should incorporate the company's internal part numbers to avoid any confusion. CAD is always on the alert circulations and when the Design Engineer uses a new part, the CAD folks should update their libraries concurrent with the Part's approval.
Very nice article, I think the key part to solve and to avoid situation like the above is to update and to connect the CAD software with the parts of the stock house. It is the only way if you want to avoid having EOL parts in your design.
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