TPP Times - Second Quarter Edition 2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009






		May 4 - 7 Aging Aircraft Conference Kansas City, MO www.agingaircraft2009.com

		May 12 - 14 2009 Life Cycle Logistics Tools Workshop and Users Group Huntsville, AL www.logisticsengineers.org

		September 21 - 24 DMSMS Conference Orlando, FL www.dmsms2009.com

		October 6 - 8 FEMOV Conference Paris, France femov.com/portail

In our fast paced world of text messaging, IM, etc, everyone has grown accustomed to immediate answers. In fact, improving the speed of communication has made it essential to learn a new shorthand or “IM Speak”. From blackberrys, PDA’s, cellphones and blogs, this newly adopted language form has saturated our new age of technology. As a tribute, we are delivering this TPP quarterly newsletter to you using the “nonverbal slang” of the 21st century. Also as a courtesy, a short IM dictionary has been provided for your reference.

T@YL! (talk at you later)

Instant Messaging Quick Reference
121	One to One
2	Two, Too, To
4	For
411	Information
911	Emergency
B4	Before
BBS	Be Back Soon
Bcuz	Because
BTW	By The Way
FYI	For Your Information
HOAS	Hold On A Second
IDK	I Don't Know
LOL	Laugh Out Loud
NE	Any
ROFL	Rolling On The Floor Laughing
TMI	Too Much Information
TTYL	Talk To You Later
TTYS	Talk To You Soon
U	You
UR	Your



	Many of you are probably familiar with the 48-Hour Look-Up Service. For those of you who are not as intimate, the 48-Hour Look-Up Service is a free service provided for Total Parts Plus users to submit requests for new part loading and/or verification. This courtesy service has helped many TPP users in bridging the gap in BOM analysis reports due to Unknowns. Over the years, we’ve improved our procedures to complete most requests within the 48-Hour timeframe. From new BOM flagging with 48-Hour submissions to adding the ability to request RoHS compliance information, we are frequently seeking new ways to develop a better 48 Hour service! FYI We offer several different types of requests to fit your needs. Available request types are: New Addition – Add a part number to the TPP database Status Verification – Challenge a current PN status Attribute Verification – Challenge the attributes of a specific PN Material Content - Add RoHS compliance and/or lead finish information to the TPP database Please keep in mind the importance of selecting the appropriate request type. This will eliminate delays in processing your request and help us obtain the information needed to fulfill your request. Get Online Other suggestions on how to keep the 48-Hour Look-Up Service working for you as efficiently as possible: BTW- “By the way”, comments help us better understand your needs and concerns. The additional information is especially helpful for Status Verification inquiries. Feel free to send us specific details or even supplier contact information. TMI- Too much information? Never! Providing the datasheet link is a great help! However, please keep in mind that TPP is unable to use datasheets from any sources other than the specified manufacturer. 121- Please keep the “one to one” rule in mind. The 48-Hour Inquiry is designed for 1 Part number. We are unable to process requests with multiple part numbers in the PN field or part numbers submitted in Comments. TTYS “Talking to you soon”- The most important part of any 48-Hour submission is our response to your inquiry. Including the correct email address on your submitted inquiry will help us get the appropriate response back to you in a timely fashion. HOAS- Hold on a second. Whoa! There is a 20 request per week limit per account. This limit is set so that we can meet our commitment to provide a two day turnaround on your inquiries. By keeping these guidelines in mind, we hope that you’ll find 48-Hour Look-Up Service is able to provide you with fast answers to your immediate needs.




	Did you know that you can now search each bill of materials (BOM) in your account for a specific substance by using the new Material Content Search? Total Parts Plus’ Material Content Search allows users to search for specific substances contained within the components of a BOM by substance name, CAS number, and even find REACH Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) by searching for their EC number. By entering a substance name, CAS number or EC number, the search results will return a report listing every part within the BOM that contains the specific substance searched for.



	If you would like training on the new Material Content Search feature, please contact Mark Gutierrez at: 850.244.7293 ext. 250 or mark.gutierrez@totalpartsplus.com.



	Second Quarter FREE Webinar Schedule!
	As the next installment of these short 10-15 minute presentations, the featured topics for the second quarter series are: “Got Alerts?” Brief overview of the Alerts set-up, highlighting features such as daily text alert option and user defined BOM assignments. Sessions are available: Fri, May 15th – 9:00 am EST / 7:00am PST Wed, May 27th – 2:00 pm EST / 11:00am PST “What’s in your Part Alias?” Training, question and answer session on this new TPP exclusive tool. Focus of this session will include functionality overview, use for BOM scrubbing, and advantage of wildcarding for alerts. Sessions are available: Fri, June 12th – 9:00 am EST / 7:00am PST Wed, June 24th – 2:00 pm EST / 11:00am PST If you are interested in attending either session, please email customerservice@totalpartsplus.com. Please be sure to include the name of your organization, the number of attendees, identify contact names and e-mail addresses for all attendees and the preferred date for attendance.



	Industry News

	1/1/2009 Rohm Co changed their name to Rohm Semiconductor http://www.rohmelectronics.com/news/news.htm#Logo. 2/11/2009 CICLON Semiconductor has been acquired by Texas Instruments http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/gencontent.tsp?contentId=53265. 3/10/2009 Oxford Semi has been acquired by PLX Technologies http://www.plxtech.com/about/news/newsletters/0309.html. 3/19/2009 Act Solar Inc has been acquired by National Semi http://www.national.com/news/item/0,1735,1389,00.html. 3/19/2009 Tundra Semiconductor Corp has been acquired by Gennum Corporation http://www.gennum.com/newsroom/pdfs/Tundra_DA_031909.pdf. 4/1/2009 Insolvency proceedings for Qimonda opened http://www.qimonda.com/about/press/releases/01_04_2009e.html?query=*&sort=date-released&category=&searchroot=.