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Dynamic Supply Chain Visibility Cuts Re-spins
September 25, 2013 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Every electronic design project makes compromises between four competing parameters: Form factor, performance requirements, delivery time, and cost. Supply chain information impacts each of these parameters. Many organizations manage their supply chain externally to the design team and reside in product management or procurement functions. Other companies require their design teams to flesh out the BOM at the beginning of the design process.
The Problem: Limited Supply Chain Visibility
The latter approach focuses on the costly components that heavily influence functionality. In either of these conventional design processes (or their variants), limited or non-existent supply chain visibility by the design team poses a problem. In almost all design processes, the cost parameter remains a static element. Given that the lead-time on components varies as a function of global, industry or other market conditions, static cost data imposes a number of risks. By making real-time supply chain data visible to the design team, designers can reduce or eliminate expensive downstream design changes and re-spins. It’s important to consider the consequences of ignoring those risks of limited design team access to supply chain data.Read the full article here.Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the July 2013 issue of The PCB Design Magazine.