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reactive solutions are crucial for continued customer satisfaction.” Winslow is able to offer products to suit amultitude of packages


'off the shelf,' but if this isn’t possible, the company’s standard lead time is only 20 working days.


Be proactive Many can relate to the feeling of euphoria when amajor production stoppage is resolved and that elusive delivery arrives. The problemhas been solved – or has it? Unfortunately, it is almost certain that in a global environment


where anything can happen, the supply chain will be affected again, whether through natural disaster, global economies, legislation or simply company acquisitions andmergers. All thismeans it can be difficult to predict where or when that randomevent will occur. Itmay be possible, however, to identify components in a bill of


materials that have either caused difficulties in the past, ormay do so in the future? The Proactive Adaptics Line (PAL) is a service Winslow offers to help buyers keep control and have a solution available when product availability is at risk. Technical developmentmanager, Alan Baker, said: “The ideal


opportunity to analyse the complexity of a solution is when you don’t actually have a problem. This provides the time and space to work out whether a solution is even achievable, due to issues such as space constraints. PAL will also allow you tomake a decision


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regarding a re­design or life time buy, giving plenty of time to assess the options.” To utilise this service,


buyers informWinslow which parts they are concerned about and Winslow will undertake the research at no cost. The results provide a part number and data sheet and the cost of the final solution can then be approved and added to the BOMfor future use. When stock availability is scarce, itmay also be worth


A 20-pin PLCChas been converted to a 16-pin DIP


considering existing stock, both in­house and with suppliers. There may be a possibility that the right device is available, but it’s in the wrong package. Again, once the question has been asked,Winslow aimto do the rest.


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