Supply Chain

The digitization of the electronic supply-chain promises that it will meet all challenges: an almost infinite volume of data, extreme volatility of supply and demand, continuous price variation, multitude of suppliers and the need for critical information at your fingertips at any given moment. With rigorous competition amongst multiple software vendors, businesses are blessed with […]

Everything you need to master Electronic Data Interchange for electronic component purchase orders… but were afraid to ask! It may sound trivial to some, but I have come to realize that for many professionals working in high-tech manufacturing, the EDI connection can be something of a mystery. So what is the EDI? Actually, it’s not that […]

First, a disclaimer: my sincere apologies for this (potentially) misleading title. If you are in a low-mix high-volume industry such as computers, communications or consumer electronics, then odds are that you experience no issues and would discover next-to-no inventory saved by re-scheduling back-orders. However, if your business is high-mix low-volume such as industrial, military, aeronautical, […]

This post may be controversial. I can already see the comments that will be made, or the silence from those not wanting to say the wrong thing. The role of agents in the electronics industry in Asia is under-recognized, but essential. It may be well-known amongst all new employees in say, Taïwan, however very few […]

Ask yourself, what is the riskiest job in the world? Deep-sea Fisherman? Fighter pilot? High-Rise Window Cleaner? Long Distance Truck driver? Nope. None of them. It is the Supply Manager job in the [OEM-ODM-EMS] electronic industry! It is high risk and extremely stressful and here I will explain why I believe it to be the […]

The ABC analysis of inventory comes from the Pareto principle, which states that 80% of effects come from 20% of causes. The Pareto principle is more than 100 years old and for decades, ERP systems have applied the ABC rule to categorization codes for articles. While these concepts are extremely valuable, splitting items in A, […]