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Stoke

How Stoke Space Streamlined Logistics with Cofactr

FAR Flow-Down Clauses: How to Determine What Applies to Your Suppliers

Congrats, your company won the big defense contract. Now someone needs to determine which requirements must be flowed down to suppliers. Are you that someone?

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What ANSI/ESD S20.20 Actually Requires

ESD compliance has a funny way of collecting rules. Somebody puts a wrist-strap tester by the door, somebody else swears the building has to stay above 30% humidity, and before long there’s an ionizer on every bench because “ANSI requires it.” Six months later, nobody can quite remember where any of those rules came from.

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Cofactr vs. SiliconExpert: Procurement Automation vs. Component Data Intelligence

You’re looking at two software platforms. Both talk about BOMs, components, sourcing data, and supply-chain visibility. Both seem like they might solve your problem, which one do you actually need?

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Cofactr vs. Traditional Aerospace ERP: Purpose-Built Procurement vs. General-Purpose Systems

Your aerospace ERP can tell you what was purchased, what it cost, and where it belongs on the books. It may still leave your engineering team hunting through distributor websites at 10 p.m. trying to find a connector that went obsolete three months ago.

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Octopart vs Cofactr

Octopart can show you ten suppliers that list a component before your coffee cools. Getting the correct package, from an approved supplier, on an authorized purchase order, into receiving before the build starts requires a different set of capabilities.

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WEEE Compliance Explained: What To Know Before Selling Electronics in Europe

WEEE is quite a ride. Every electronic product eventually reaches the end of its useful life. The European Union regulates how discarded electrical and electronic equipment is collected, treated, recovered, and recycled. Companies selling into Europe need to understand these requirements — before they launch.

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ITAR Compliance for OEMs With Outsourced Electronics Supply Chains

Your EMS provider or PCB fabricator can create an ITAR problem before a single board exists. Sometimes all it takes is a CAD upload, a PLM login, or a quick supplier call that puts controlled technical data in front of a non-U.S. person.

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ITAR vs. EAR: What’s the Difference?

You know ITAR and EAR both control exports. The confusing part is knowing which one applies and what changes when it does.

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Build-to-Order Kitting: What It Takes to Get It Right

Build too early, and raw materials become trapped in finished goods. Build at the right time, and those same materials can be used to produce the products customers want most.

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Why SOC 2 Matters in the Physical Supply Chain

Your warehouse may move boxes, but your customers are trusting software, access controls, and operational data every time they hand you a PO – hello SOC 2.

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What Component Splicing Is and Why It Matters for SMT Production

You can go a surprisingly long time around SMT production before anyone explains what “component splicing” actually means. Then one day your CM mentions a splice issue, a feeder jams near the end of a reel, or somebody asks whether a partial reel has enough leader left to load. What are they talking about?

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How Electronic Components Are Prepped Behind the Scenes

Component prep describes what is happening in that gap between accepted-at-incoming and ready-to-build. It's some of the most important manufacturing work and it's almost completely out of sight—until something goes wrong.

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Case Studies & Articles

Stoke

FAR Flow-Down Clauses: How to Determine What Applies to Your Suppliers

What ANSI/ESD S20.20 Actually Requires

Cofactr vs. SiliconExpert: Procurement Automation vs. Component Data Intelligence

Cofactr vs. Traditional Aerospace ERP: Purpose-Built Procurement vs. General-Purpose Systems

Octopart vs Cofactr

WEEE Compliance Explained: What To Know Before Selling Electronics in Europe

ITAR Compliance for OEMs With Outsourced Electronics Supply Chains

ITAR vs. EAR: What’s the Difference?

Build-to-Order Kitting: What It Takes to Get It Right

Why SOC 2 Matters in the Physical Supply Chain

What Component Splicing Is and Why It Matters for SMT Production

How Electronic Components Are Prepped Behind the Scenes

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