Transportation

Transportation is the fundamental life-blood of our economic vitality.

Utilizing a variety of rolling stock and infrastructure - ranging from the comparatively older to the ultra modern - the Transportation Industry serves a broad range of needs and continues to meet the growing demands on our transportation networks.

Whether it be cargo ships, jets, freight trains or commuter trucks, they all incorporate an ever-increasing amount of electronics. Indeed, rail equipment lifecycles surpass the common life span of embedded computing parts.

In the end, delivering safe, secure, efficient and uninterrupted service depends on precise, on-time communications.

Obsolescence Challenges

Transportation investment and expansion is commonly tied to changes in transportation policy and funding. Uncertainty makes it difficult to balance the ever-increasing cost of maintenance with the potential of rail expansion and modernization.

Most transportation systems require electronics to run reliably 24/7, year after year. As legacy and End-of-Life(EOL) electronics age it is easy to see why product obsolescence is an issue. Even with the prospect of new investment, reduced inventories of these components and shifting standards have now transformed obsolescence from a risk to reality.

Indeed, long term support and availabity of the ever-aging legacy electronics equipment and infrastructure (often spanning decades) poses new challenges to existing funding and service levels—most importantly to safety.

Beyond the need to service aging mechanical parts, lack of clear solutions for electronics parts constitutes a mission-critical risk.

In addition, long qualification lead-times and high unavailability costs mean obsolescence solutions must often be rapidly implemented and commonly represent an unexpected and significant drain on resources.

A practical obsolescence management plan can radically reduce the risk of unexpected costs and failures, and this is the primary reason the Transportation utlizes us. 

Solutions for the Transportation Industry

Since inception, we have offered the knowledge, services, and products you need to solve your electronics obsolescence issues and still remain competitive. There is no other company with more experience and understanding of the transportation industry challenges.