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 In
today's rapidly expanding and volatile global marketplace, competing
for limited material resources can be a monumental challenge at best.
Having experienced supply chain and procurement
personnel along with strong supplier relationships are a must in order
to be successful in today's electronics manufacturing industry.
Shared
Objectives
Given
the types of high value products that Mack Technologies manufactures,
material often comprises a significant portion of a product's cost.
So it's no wonder that both Mack Technologies and its customers share
in the achievement of the following materials objectives:
- Maximize
Material Flexibility
- Minimize
Inventory Investment
- Minimize
Material Liability
- Minimize
Total Acquisition Costs
Supply
Chain Management Programs
One important
element in achieving these shared objectives is the development and
execution of a well designed supply chain that includes the OEM customer,
suppliers, electronics manufacturer and distribution/logistics partners.
Programs
implemented at Mack include:
- Electronic
communication of customer orders, MRP schedules, inventory levels,
shipment information, etc.
- Vendor
managed inventory programs (VMI) including demand pull replenishment,
bonded inventory, Kan ban, consignment/point-of-use consumption,
auto replenishment, and pipelining
- Regional
demand-pull distribution sites for customer order
fulfillment programs
- Supplier
Scorecards
Materials
Systems
Mack
Technologies is a class "A" user of its MRP II system that
supports the following practices:
- Nightly
regen of MRP to better manage the numerous schedule and engineering
changes that are often associated with a high mix, complex product
portfolio.
- "What-if"
demand simulations
- Electronic
acceptance of customer orders and transmission of MRP
scheduling information.
- Inventory
management programs that consistently yield a greater than 99.5% accuracy
(e.g., daily cycle counts, quarterly physical inventories).
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