Front End | Electronic Components Supply Network
Technology OEMs have long found that the most effective method of inventory management is to maintain close partnerships with manufacturer authorised distributors of electronic components. In the UK 98 per cent of customers are supported by these organisations who manage their inventory on behalf of many hundreds of customers, and on behalf of the component manufacturers themselves. The buffer inventories maintained by manufacturer authorised distributors on behalf of their customers enable delivery schedules to be modifi ed whenever necessary and at short notice. This very high level of service maximises technology OEM’s overall investment in inventory and critically, keeps their inventory holding turning.
Concluding thoughts
Whilst the issues with semiconductor supply are beginning to be resolved, many other components and commodities remain diffi cult to source. Passive components and moulded plastics look set to become the next critical issue for OEMs. I urge purchasing organisations to exercise great care in the ongoing management of their forward order books and continue to work closely with their
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trusted, long-term supply partners. Careful collaboration between customers, component manufacturers and their authorised distributors is the most likely route to a win-win result for all parties in the electronic components supply network.
For information
Adam Fletcher is chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn), a business association established in 1970 that today offers support to all organisations with an interest in electronic components
throughout their entire lifecycle. He is also chairman of the International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA), an association of individual country electronic components associations whose objective is to arrive at and share best industry practice.
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