Seamlessly overcome obsolescence challenges

Smith’s team of experts is primed to track current and obsolete parts to help you manage component lifecycles and strategies. We’ll work closely with you to address the challenges obsolescence brings and build comprehensive solutions to keep you moving.

It’s challenging when an obsolete component eludes you in your usual sourcing channels. There is a vast range of components available worldwide, though, that Smith can help you tap into. We’ll be your connection to the industry’s largest network of reliable open-market contacts to help you find the parts you need.

Smith can find the obsolete components you need – and take the next step to keep your supply and production uninterrupted. We will work with you to proactively build buffer stock so that you can plan ahead confidently and never have to scramble. We can customize models for sourcing and restocking to your specific needs.

Depending on an obsolete component can grow increasingly limiting as time goes on, but we can help you prepare for the future. Work with a Smith specialist to identify alternate parts to update your builds, and our global procurement team will deliver an uninterrupted source of these quality substitutions.

Need for out-of-production components can last long after a part has hit obsolescence, sometimes pushing manufacturers to questionable product sources or rushed substitutions. Smith’s strictly vetted supplier network and quality program help us ensure that your bill of materials includes only quality components.