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Supply Chain Management

Our supply chain organization is responsible for understanding each customer's specific needs and establishing an effective strategy to ensure that the right material is available on-time and at the best cost.

Bullet Customer Support

  • Purchasing professional assigned to each customer
  • Risk assessment process (lead-time, lifecycle, supply constraint, cost)
  • Weekly team meetings
  • Mutually established rules of engagement with customers

Bullet Supply Chain Management

  • Mature supply base relationships
  • Business Reviews with key suppliers
  • Key Supplier Agreements
  • On-Site distribution support
  • Coordinated buying from Customer's contract
  • Industry trend monitoring - leadtime, cost and risk

Bullet Inventory Management

  • Fourth Shift MRP with EDI links
  • ABC and demand trend analysis
  • Monthly Excess/Obsolete reporting
  • Customer-specific strategies - flexibility, excess mitigation, cost
  • Inventory programs - consigned material, bonded inventory, vendor-managed inventory

Bullet Cost Management

  • Formal cost reduction programs
  • Foreign and domestic PCB sourcing
  • Customer sign-off process on NC/NR and PPV
  • ECO impact management process

 

Supply Chain at Vanguard
 

"Vanguard’s supply chain team consistently and professionally manages my volatile demand to achieve my business needs.”

- Vanguard customer