What eol_hot means for MRO stocking
The 1FK7061-7AF71-1FB2: An eol_hot flag is the loudest signal a buyer gets: the manufacturer has wound down the line and what's left in the channel is the inventory that exists, not what gets reordered. For a critical spare on a running machine, that means the BOM line stays on the shelf as long as a verified unit is in hand — once it's gone, the next shutdown pulls the panel into a redesign rather than a swap. For a storeroom running min/max against a consumption rate, the rule is simple: keep it on the shelf until the count drops to the reorder trigger, then convert the demand to a quote rather than a PO against stock — the cycle time from RFQ to receipt is now the variable that decides whether the line stays up.