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Cofactr and Forge Team Up to Help You Recover Import Duties

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Libby Melton

February 11, 2026
2 min read

Case Study: How a $3,000 Parts Shortage Caused Millions in Losses for a Satellite Manufacturer

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Cofactr Staff

February 11, 2026
6 min read

Are Supplier Portals Becoming Obsolete Thanks to AI?

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Everett Frank

February 11, 2026
6 min read

Modern Procurement Stack for Electronic Hardware Startups

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Everett Frank

February 11, 2026
5 min read

BOM Scrub Explained

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Everett Frank

February 10, 2026
10 min read

Procurement Analytics for Manufacturing Continuity in Electronics

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Everett Frank

February 10, 2026
5 min read

3 Signs It's Time to Consider Procurement Automation

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Everett Frank

January 14, 2026
7 min read

4 Questions That Make Procurement Automation an Obvious Choice

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Everett Frank

January 14, 2026
6 min read

What to Expect When You Use Full-Service Electronics Procurement

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Everett Frank

January 14, 2026
6 min read

How to Source Electronic Components for Hardware Startups

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Everett Frank

January 14, 2026
6 min read

The Pentagon Wants Defense Hardware Startups. Are you ready?

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Everett Frank

January 14, 2026
7 min read

How U.S. Companies Should Prepare for Chinese New Year

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Everett Frank

January 14, 2026
5 min read

Defense Acquisition Is Moving Fast - Your Supply Chain Can't Afford to Wait

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Ed Dodd

December 16, 2025
min read

5 Procurement Tasks Engineers Should Never Do Again

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Everett Frank

November 25, 2025
7 min read

Top 8 Reasons Hardware Startups Choose PaaS

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Everett Frank

November 25, 2025
6 min read

A Practical Guide to BOMs for Electronic Hardware

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Everett Frank

November 19, 2025
5 min read

The Definitive Guide to Bill of Materials (BOMs)

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Everett Frank

February 10, 2026
8 min read

Why Gen AI Falls Short For Procurement — And What Actually Works

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Everett Frank

November 19, 2025
6 min read

Smart Engineers Don’t Source BOMs – They Source Process

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Everett Frank

November 6, 2025
5 min read

The Rise of Procurement as a Service: A New Model for Hardware Teams

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Everett Frank

November 4, 2025
7 min read

Cofactr Launches Complete Procure-to-Ship Automation—With No Upfront Costs

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Libby Melton

November 3, 2025
3 min read

Routine Tasks Quietly Kill Supply Chain Execution

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
5 min read

10 Ways Procurement and Engineering Can Help Each Other

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
7 min read

What Does a HMLV BOM Look Like?

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
7 min read

BOM Management for PCBAs

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
7 min read

Why Generic Procurement Software Doesn’t Work for Electronic Hardware

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Ed Dodd

February 10, 2026
5 min read

How to Buy Electronic Components

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Everett Frank

February 10, 2026
6 min read

The Surprising Reason Bad Data Kills Productivity

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Everett Frank

September 11, 2025
8 min read

Selecting Procurement Software for Electronics Manufacturing

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Everett Frank

September 5, 2025
6 min read

Scaling Hardware Startups with Procurement Automation

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Everett Frank

August 21, 2025
6 min read

4 Best Ways to Improve Supply Chain Visibility

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Everett Frank

September 24, 2025
6 min read

Why Supply Chain Visibility Really Matters for Electronics Manufacturers

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Everett Frank

September 24, 2025
6 min read

Procurement Software: A Comprehensive Overview

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Ed Dodd

September 11, 2025
20 min read

The 3 Types of 3PLs

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Everett Frank

September 24, 2025
5 min read

What Makes an Electronics-Focused 3PL Work: Inside the e3PL Warehouse

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Everett Frank

September 24, 2025
6 min read

The Wrong 3PL Location Is 7x More Expensive

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Everett Frank

September 24, 2025
5 min read

Precision Warehousing: How Cofactr is Redefining Supply Chain Operations for Critical Industries

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Libby Melton

October 29, 2025
3 min read

Top 8 Reasons 3PL Relationships Fail

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Everett Frank

September 24, 2025
7 min read

Choosing the Right 3PL: A Cross-Functional Decision for Hardware Startups

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
6 min read

Cofactr is Expanding West: New California Warehouse, CA-1!

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Libby Melton

June 12, 2025
3 min read

Sales Has CRM. Why Can't Procurement Have S2P?

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
6 min read

Definitive Guide to Semiconductor Tariffs

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
9 min read

Supplier Collaboration in HMLV Electronics Manufacturing

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
6 min read

Cofactr Acquires Cogbase so you can build your perfect Supplier Ecosystem

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Libby Melton

June 4, 2025
3 min read

Procurement Simplified—Welcome to Source-to-Pay

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
7 min read

Source-to-Pay in HMLV Electronics: A Quick Primer

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
4 min read

How to Simplify Supply Chain Management for HMLV Manufacturing

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Phillip Gulley

October 29, 2025
6 min read

Supply Chain Resilience - A Matter of Time

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Everett Frank

February 10, 2026
6 min read

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BOM Scrub

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
7 min read

Why Trade Compliance Should Start at NPI: Navigating the New Global Trade Landscape

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Libby Melton

October 29, 2025
5 min read

What to Think About Before Launching A Hardware Startup

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Matthew Haber

October 29, 2025
7 min read

4 Key Questions for Hardware Founders After Launch

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Phillip Gulley

October 20, 2025
6 min read

Navigating Tariffs: What Manufacturers Need to Know

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Matthew Haber

October 29, 2025
5 min read

The Outdated Playbook That's Holding Back Hardware Startups

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Phillip Gulley

November 17, 2025
4 min read

Top 6 Reasons Hardware Startups Struggle to Scale

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Matthew Haber

November 17, 2025
5 min read

How 3PL Can Fix OTD

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Everett Frank

October 20, 2025
5 min read

Direct Spend Management – Are You Paying Too Much for Electronic Components?

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Everett Frank

November 17, 2025
5 min read

How Cofactr Crushes Supply Chain Resilience

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Everett Frank

November 17, 2025
5 min read

Supply Chain Resilience Risk: The Three Fixes

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Everett Frank

November 17, 2025
5 min read

AI in High-Compliance Industries: A Comprehensive Guide

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Cofactr Staff

June 4, 2025
7 min read

Direct Spend Management is a Whole Different Game

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Everett Frank

June 4, 2025
3 min read

How to Maximize your Production Capacity

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Doug Shultz

June 4, 2025
3 min read

The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Procurement and Supply Chain

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Doug Shultz

June 4, 2025
5 min read

The Downfall of Today’s Inventory Planning Solutions

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Doug Shultz

June 4, 2025
5 min read

Creating a Procurement Powerhouse: Factor.io Joins Cofactr

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Libby Melton

June 4, 2025
3 min read

Demystifying FAR: What You Need to Know About Federal Acquisition Regulations

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Everett Frank

June 4, 2025
3 min read

2024 in Review: A Pivotal Year for Cofactr

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Cofactr Staff

September 11, 2025
5 min read

Here’s the Trick to Electronic Component Pricing

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Everett Frank

June 4, 2025
3 min read

Supply Chain Resilience (SCR) Simplified

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Everett Frank

June 4, 2025
3 min read

SOC 2 Explained: Security That Makes Sense

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Everett Frank

August 21, 2025
3 min read

EEcosytem Podcast: AI Meets Supply Chain

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Libby Melton

June 4, 2025
min read

What are Counterfeit Components?

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Everett Frank

June 4, 2025
3 min read

Expert Guide to Understanding Tariffs on Electronic Components: What You Really Need to Know

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Everett Frank

June 4, 2025
5 min read

The Cofactr Story: Making Hardware Not-So-Hard

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Libby Melton

June 4, 2025
3 min read

Why You Need to Bake MSL Rated Components

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Zachariah Peterson

June 4, 2025
5 min read

Which Component Swaps Provide Maximum Value?

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Zachariah Peterson

June 4, 2025
min read

What Is the Shelf Life for Electronic Components?

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Zachariah Peterson

June 4, 2025
5 min read

What to Do When Excess Electronics Inventory is a Problem

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Zachariah Peterson

June 4, 2025
5 min read

What is Cofactr? Who is it For? And Why Does it Matter?

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Phillip Gulley

June 4, 2025
3 min read

What Are the Highest Risk Electronic Components?

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Cofactr Staff

June 4, 2025
min read

Telltale Signs of Counterfeit Electronic Components

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Zachariah Peterson

June 4, 2025
0 min read

Anti-Counterfeiting Expert Shares One of the Trickiest Chips We've Seen at Our Lab

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Cofactr Staff

June 4, 2025
3 min read

Landed Costs for Electronic Parts & Why They Matter for Hardware Teams

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Matthew Haber

June 4, 2025
4 min read

The Hidden Costs of Engineering and Procurement Inefficiency

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Cofactr Staff

June 4, 2025
7 min read

Streamline Your Electronic Component Logistics: How to Choose the Right 3PL - Part 2

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Matthew Haber

June 4, 2025
4 min read

Should Your 3PL Be ITAR/EAR Compliant?

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Zachariah Peterson

June 4, 2025
5 min read

RoHS 3 & REACH - How Electronics Buyers Can Stay Compliant

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Zachariah Peterson

June 4, 2025
min read

SCOOP TV's Philip Stoten Interviews Cofacr CEO, Matthew Haber

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Cofactr Staff

June 4, 2025
11 min read

How to Prioritize Your PCB Design Variants

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Zachariah Peterson

September 4, 2025
5 min read

PFAS in Electronics Bring New Compliance Requirements

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Zachariah Peterson

September 4, 2025
4 min read

4 Reasons You Should Manufacture PCBAs in Mexico

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Zachariah Peterson

September 4, 2025
6 min read

How We Accomplished ITAR Compliance for Our Software Startup

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Matthew Haber

June 4, 2025
8 min read

Manufacturers Are Holding Inventory Again - How Much Should You Hold?

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Zachariah Peterson

September 4, 2025
min read

Maximize Efficiency and Save Money: Signs You Need an Electronics 3PL - Part 1

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Matthew Haber

September 4, 2025
4 min read

Expert Guide: How to Verify Your Gray Market Brokers

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Zachariah Peterson

September 4, 2025
5 min read

Is Friendshoring the Right Approach for PCB Manufacturing?

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Zachariah Peterson

September 11, 2025
min read

How to Create a PCBA Manufacturing Cost Estimate

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Zachariah Peterson

September 4, 2025
5 min read

How to Handle Obsolescence in Legacy Designs

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Zachariah Peterson

September 4, 2025
5 min read

How Pairing your EMS with a Logistic Provider Unlocks Growth at Every Stage

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Cofactr Staff

June 4, 2025
8 min read

How Many Extra Parts Are Needed for Attrition?

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Zachariah Peterson

June 4, 2025
min read