Price wars make economies of scale and component reuse key imperatives for companies to remain competitive. With direct materials representing more than half of an organization’s spending, High-Tech electronics companies managing a global component supply-chain must implement a design-to-cost way of working.
With IBM’s V6 solution for component supplier management, companies can efficiently manage development processes for hardware, electrical and software parts whether they are designed and manufactured internally or purchased from suppliers. Complex business rules of a global High-Tech company can be modeled so that each task and related information are captured, distributed and executed in a consistent and logical way. As interactions among cross-functional users ranging from design, testing, manufacturing, purchasing and quality are required, this solution helps solve issues related to coordination of complex workflows, tasks, and deliverables required for efficient part qualification and development.
Component supplier management solution includes:
- New part request and development
- Component classification
- Component compliancy
- Suppliers management and collaboration
- Component sourcing
