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Obsolescence describes the state which occurs when an item or process is no longer available. The causes of obsolescence are, among other things, non-profitability, Innovation cycles and…

This white paper is based on the knowledge and expertise of more than 80 supply chain experts from different companies and thus provides a sound knowledge base for all industries with a special…

This position paper summarizes why the trend to increasingly design nonautomotive parts into automotive applications is inevitable and will further expand.

It highlights that today’s automotive…

The electro industry supports the target of the REACH regulation to replace SVHC successively by appropriate substances or technologies as far as they are economically and technically…

Suitable LED power supply units and LED modules combined with harmonised luminaire designs can help achieve effective protection from transient overvoltages.

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Robustness Validation is a valuable failure-mechanism-driven approach to product reliability and qualification, which relates real application conditions to test conditions.

This brochure is…

​Early integration of the Robustness Validation [RV] approach in the development phase is a key factor for successful qualification. This Manual supports the application of RV as described in the…

With this 3rd publication the focus is drawn to the validation of robustness of a group of two or more interacting Electronic Control Units respectively Electrical/Electronic Modules.

This brochure…

The position paper “Application of the Triaxial Cell measuring method for passive components and devices within cable networks” elaborated by the ZVEI Satellite & Cable Division describes the…

The manual of the AK Field failure analysis is to help the electronics supply chain – conformal the VDA recommendation – to reduce the inspection expenditure for well-known failure causes and to…