Special Procurement
Supply Shortages
The electronics industry faces increasing challenges due to economic fluctuations, geopolitical tensions, crises, and global conflicts. These factors lead to significant volatility in the global market for electronic components and IT hardware. Additionally, manufacturer discontinuations of components can jeopardize ongoing projects and, in the worst case, lead to production downtime, affecting a company’s economic success. This makes diversifying sourcing options essential.
Our Services
Our Special Procurement (Spot Buy) service ensures a reliable supply of active, passive, and electromechanical components, as well as IT hardware. Our 360° procurement approach ensures top quality and delivery reliability through a global, audited supplier network covering all major regions worldwide. For your assurance, our CAS-LOT system offers seamless traceability. If needed, we can prepare your components for production by repackaging them in-house. Last-time buy options for discontinued parts are also available, with pre-financing by CAS and storage for up to two years.
Your Benefits
Procurement of discontinued / obsolete and shortage components
CAS Smart Procurement™ for targeted and successful sourcing without high inquiry volume
In-house CAS-LOT system ensures clear traceability
Professional quality control in our laboratory
Option for repackaging
Last-time buy with up to 2 years of storage and pre-financing by CAS
CAS Smart Procurement™
Our unique CAS Smart Procurement™ approach takes your procurement to a new level. This methodology combines an agile sourcing strategy, a global network, over 70 years of market experience, and the targeted use of data analytics and market intelligence. Our goal is to enable our customers to make optimal decisions throughout the entire supply chain. With Smart Monitoring, you can track market trends (prices, volumes and lead times) of desired components and determine the ideal timing for strategic purchases.
CAS Smart
Monitoring
Our proprietary CAS Smart Monitoring keeps an eye on the availability and price trends of your critical components, providing regular updates on their current status. We continuously analyze market conditions based on your specific requirements. You decide when to purchase the components, while we offer advisory support. We provide regular updates on market inventory, lead times and prices, along with proactive suggestions for suitable alternatives.
Maximum Transparency Throughout the Entire Procurement Process
Our testing process ensures quality control according to the highest standards.
We inform you regularly about market stock and prices
Proactive suggestions of usable alternatives
Obsolescence Management – Secure Supply Despite Discontinuations
In the electronics industry, obsolescence—when components are no longer available due to manufacturer discontinuations—poses a significant challenge. Our obsolescence management minimizes the risk of outdated or discontinued components, ensuring long-term availability.
Our service includes monitoring End-of-Life (EOL) announcements and last-time-buy options, allowing us to identify potential shortages early and prevent production stoppages. Through continuous market analysis and advanced data analysis tools, we track the lifecycle of critical components and proactively inform you of risks.
With our global sourcing network and access to surplus stocks from OEMs, CEMs, and EMS, we locate available inventories or identify suitable alternatives. This comprehensive approach not only optimizes your supply security but also saves costs by avoiding unnecessary redesigns and costly last-minute procurement.
Obsolescence Management – Secure Supply Despite Discontinuations
In the electronics industry, obsolescence—when components are no longer available due to manufacturer discontinuations—poses a significant challenge. Our obsolescence management minimizes the risk of outdated or discontinued components, ensuring long-term availability.
Our service includes monitoring End-of-Life (EOL) announcements and last-time-buy options, allowing us to identify potential shortages early and prevent production stoppages. Through continuous market analysis and advanced data analysis tools, we track the lifecycle of critical components and proactively inform you of risks.
With our global sourcing network and access to surplus stocks from OEMs, CEMs, and EMS, we locate available inventories or identify suitable alternatives. This comprehensive approach not only optimizes your supply security but also saves costs by avoiding unnecessary redesigns and costly last-minute procurement.
Identification of available inventories on the global market
Quality control to the highest standards
PCN and PDN services for your components
Support in identifying alternatives (cross-references)
Professional long-term storage
Last-time-buy with up to 2 years of storage and pre-financing by CAS
The CAS Quality Promise
All special procurement orders undergo comprehensive quality inspection in our in-house testing lab,CAS Q-LAB, or alternatively at independent accredited labs. Advanced technologies and testing methods ensure the highest quality assurance, meeting the rigorous standards of our customers in the automotive, aerospace, and medical industries.
The test plan is customized through a thorough process that considers supplier criteria, product characteristics, and our customers’ specific requirements, creating a flexible plan that aligns with your internal quality guidelines and ensures all relevant conditions are optimally met.
Upon request, you receive a detailed inspection report with each delivery as proof of our quality assurance and documentation of all tests conducted.
Location
Keltenring 15
82041 Oberhaching