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Capacitor Substitution in 2026: What You Can Swap and What You Cannot

A purchase order for high-capacitance MLCCs placed this month may not ship until the second quarter of 2027. Constrained parts that used to arrive in six to eight weeks now quote at four months or longer, and allocation has become an ordinary word in distributor conversations. When the schedule slips, the question from the production floor [...]

2026-10-05T02:06:52+00:00Categories: Technical Guides|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Capacitor Substitution in 2026: What You Can Swap and What You Cannot

Capacitor Lead Times Are Stretching: How to Lock In Supply Before Allocation

Capacitor lead times in 2026 have stretched from weeks to months, and on AI-grade MLCC a ten-month quote is no longer unusual. Ordering more will not fix that. The buyers holding their schedules together are the ones who know which lines on the bill of materials have to be locked, commit on those before allocation begins, [...]

2026-09-24T00:36:22+00:00Categories: Technical Guides|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Capacitor Lead Times Are Stretching: How to Lock In Supply Before Allocation

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