5 decisions before your next production batch.
A discontinued electronic solution does not automatically mean a discontinued product. The product may still be active, with orders to deliver and customers to support.
The challenge is deciding what has to change before production can continue.
How long can the current solution still support production?
The last-order date of your supplier is not always the date that matters for you.
The real pressure starts when available supply no longer covers what your production plan needs.
When does the current solution actually stop supporting your production plan?
Does the replacement really fit?
A similar specification does not always mean a direct replacement.
A solution can look correct on paper and still create differences once it is integrated into your product.
Which of these five need to be confirmed for your application?
What else has to change?
The important question is not only what is replaced. It is what else changes with it.
A small change in the electronics can create extra work in other areas before the product is ready again.
Not all of these apply to every change. Which ones apply to your change?
What needs to be validated again?
Define what must be validated before the new solution is released.
The aim is to understand what the change affects and avoid repeating work that is not necessary.
What does this specific change affect, and what evidence already exists?
When can production continue safely?
The objective is not only to find a replacement. It is to continue production with the change under control.
Production can continue when the change is understood, validated and ready to be released with control.
Which of these is still open, and who is waiting for it?
Three possible paths
Replace
A current KELD solution may fit the application.
Adapt
An existing platform may be adapted to your application.
Redesign
A custom electronic solution may be needed.
KELD designs and manufactures electronics for the full product lifecycle, from replacement and adaptation to redesign and production.
We design and make the electronics
That keep your product in production
Not every item on this page applies to every change. The purpose is to show which items apply to your change, before the next production batch.
