OUR SOLUTIONS TO THE COMPONENT CRISIS
COMMIT TOGETHER
By committing your orders today, you allow our teams of buyers anticipate your supplies as soon as possible, thus guaranteeing their availability in due time. Our component orders cover the needs for the next 18 months. This action is also deployed for the other families of purchases over the next 12 to 18 months. The implementation of specific contracts on all or part of your components for a longer period is also an option offered by our Supply Chain Department.
BUILD ON THE STRENGTH OF OUR NETWORK
Based on your forecast needs communicated to our dedicated teams, forecasts are sent to our network of suppliers in order to best anticipate future orders. Our desire is to be visible and representative in our supply chain ecosystem by taking orders and regular contacts made by our supply department.
MONITOR CHANGES IN PURCHASE PRICES
The current context does not allow control of purchasing costs. Our distributors are only informed of the prices applied by the suppliers when the parts are dispatched. Thus, the prices indicated in the orders cannot be guaranteed at the time of invoicing. This operation is applied right down to the Supply Chain.
ANTICIPATE YOUR NEEDS
For products in development, our teams offer you the possibility of carrying “business” supply contracts aimed at anticipating the purchase of materials from the design phase. This approach ensures their availability for the industrialization and mass production phases.
Regarding series equipment, our teams can integrate your entire production plan into their firm orders with suppliers in order to guarantee that you have all the necessary materials throughout the life of the project.
The purpose of logistics contracts is to purchase quantities of recurring materials in electronics production.
ADAPTING THANKS TO “DESIGN FOR SUPPLY”
As some materials are now declared to be in short supply, “Design for Supply” is an approach that consists of partially adapting the design of your equipment to the materials available on the market. The design office provides technical solutions allowing the use of standard or multi-source components in the design in order to guarantee supply during manufacturing. If a component at risk is used at the time of definition, a study of the available stocks is automatically carried out in order to put batches in stock very early on, thus removing project risks. In the event of major supply difficulties, our teams can provide you with replacement and routing solutions thanks to our complete mastery of the V design cycle.
KEEP YOUR EQUIPMENT IN OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS
The implementation of an MCO contract makes it possible to set up dedicated stocks of sub-assemblies and components for the repair of customer equipment. In the current context, restocking times are incompatible with the contractual commitments of our companies to end users. The MCO must therefore be integrated from the design of your product.
Our dedicated teams can assist you in defining the material requirements necessary for the implementation of this guarantee.
In summary, many solutions can allow you to calmly continue your activity during this materials crisis and limit the charging of supply variations to costs. Do not hesitate to contact our teams available to provide you with the necessary information and set up joint continuous improvement projects.
