That is the single most important fact on the page: production is no longer the answer for a BOM line carrying 1FK7042-5AK71-1FH3 — independent surplus, lot-traced and date-coded, is.
For a capex project that still has this code on a drawing, the question is not whether to redesign the axis around it but whether the quantity required can be sourced against the spare-parts and startup-spares package in one RFQ.
