Obsolescence Mitigation (OM) Program

Maxim's Obsolescence Mitigation Program ensures a future supply of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) parts utilized in specific long-term military programs.

Military prime contractors are now designing with COTS parts to reduce the cost of finished assemblies. COTS parts can have a relatively short lifetime, 10 to 12 years or less, compared to military programs which may span 30 years or more. Lifetime mismatch can result in obsolescence issues for long-lived programs, and the prime contractor can be faced with either a costly redesign or the need to maintain a special inventory of the obsolete part to ensure supply over the lifetime of the program.

To address this situation, Maxim's OM Program provides a long-term supply solution for customers needing an extended supply of Maxim plastic parts.

1. Maxim posts obsolescence notices with DSCC and with GIDEP; Avnet and Maxim also notify customers that have purchased a given part within the past two years.
2. When the customer discovers that a Maxim part on their BOM is being made obsolete, they must contact Maxim's Mil/Aero group to enroll in the OM Program.
3. Once enrolled, Maxim works with the customer to set up a reserve wafer-bank specifically for the program.
4. Future orders are then placed against this reserve.

For more details, please view the following video or see below.

The Maxim Mil/Aero group supports long-life programs with the Obsolescence Mitigation (OM) Program.

• Provides an assured supply of COTS products for long-term programs
• Future-built parts will have the then-current date codes
  • LTB parts all have the same date code; OM Program parts built in the future have future date codes

• ANY Maxim part, leaded or lead free
• Not limited to military-only parts
• Does not apply to hermetic parts
• Programs are created and individualized collaboratively

1. Customer defines the remaining length of the program in years and the number of parts needed for the projected remaining life of program.
2. Mil/Aero group calculates the number of wafers needed to support this requirement.
3. Customer places order for first-year demand.
   • First-year demand is defined as the total life demand divided by the number of program years
   • Maxim builds the first-year demand
   • Maxim sets aside the remaining required wafers plus sufficient extra wafers to allow for possible program extension or increase in annual demand (note: parts are set aside after the first order)
4. Set-aside wafers are held for a single customer only (no one else, even from the same firm, may have access).
5. Minimum order quantity (MOQ) for any given buy is 500 pieces; the customer is not required to buy any parts after the initial purchase
6. Customer may place an order for any quantity in years two through n (not held to the first year's quantity).
   • If the customer's program is canceled by their end customer, Maxim closes out storage and scraps the wafers at no extra charge to the customer

その他の情報
Contact Maxim's Military Business Manager for more information about setting up an Obsolescence Mitigation Program.