Is safety stock back in style?

Many suppliers do not want to carry excess inventory. It was not good business sense to tie up your cash and hope someone will come along and purchase your product. But this is changing.

The style is changing. Why?

1. Lead times on segment displays, character and alphanumeric LCD’s have increased in the last few months. Customers (OEM’s) need inventory in a week or two, not 12 to 16 weeks after they place their purchase order.
2. Many LCD suppliers are discontinuing their LCD displays. This is true for 16×1, 16×2, 20×2, 8×1, 8×2, 20×4 LCD displays. We receive calls for CCFL and EL backlights often. There is still a demand for 7 (seven) segment, 14(fourteen) segment, and 16(sixteen) segment static displays. It seems that many suppliers are scaling back on monochrome displays.
3. Earning interest on cash in the bank is at an all time low.

Please call us if you need a replacement STN, FSTN or TN character LCD.

Tags: 14(fourteen) segment, 16x1, 16x2, 20x2, 20x4, 7 (seven) segment, 8x1, 8x2, alphanumeric LCD, and 16(sixteen) segment, CCFL backlights, character LCD, EL backlights, FSTN, LCD displays, LCD suppliers, monochrome displays, OEM, static displays, STN, TN character LCD

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