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Supply Chain Requirements Now Include Environmental Hurdles, Says Technology Forecasters
March 26, 2003 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Alameda, Calif. -- Customers' supply-chain requirements include more than price, specification, and availability today, according to the study "Creating Business Value through Strategic Supply-Chain Partnerships" from Technology Forecasters Inc.
These requirements also increasingly include environmentally preferable purchasing criteria to create a more stable platform for global growth. The study's results were presented March 6, 2003, during Technology Forecasters' Quarterly Forum for Electronics Manufacturing Outsourcing and Supply Chain, held at member Varian Electronics Manufacturing's facility in Tempe, Ariz.
According to the study's manager, Eric Olson, of Quarterly Forum member Natural Logic, today's leading companies are changing the way they work with suppliers as well as changing their product offerings. On the supplier-management side, Olson says companies are catalyzing introduction of supplier offerings that help both companies achieve significant business, environmenta, and social objectives, including environmentally preferable purchasing, functional outsourcing, design for environment and radical resource productivity.
For the study, Natural Logic interviewed senior supply chain; sustainability; and environmental, health and safety executives across a broad range of sectors to uncover perceived challenges and opportunities for creating products that customers in diverse geographies will demand, given increasing global environmental requirements.
Also at the Quarterly Forum, Pamela Gordon, president of Technology Forecasters, shared examples of electronics companies (such as IBM and Intel) profiled in her book Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment. Electronic Components, Assemblies and Materials Association President Bob Willis described the environmental work by his parent organization, the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA).
In addition to the presentation of the supply-chain study, the March 6thQuarterly Forum included Technology Forecasters' new report on supply-and-demand-chain software strategies followed by a panel of software executives discussing strategies to enable cost savings and superior communication between OEMs and outsourcing partners. Participating companies were J.D. Edwards, NewView Technologies, Parametric Technology Corp., PeopleSoft, Agile and Valdero. Other sessions on March 6 were "Surviving the Industry Downturn," by Varian Inc. Electronics Manufacturing's Vice President Wilson Rudd; a panel of original design manufacturing executives discussing intellectual property protection and comparisons with contract manufacturers,;and "The Consumer Electronics Market: Trends and Strategies for Outsourcing." That evening, a networking dinner for members was sponsored by Teradyne Connection Systems.
The upcoming Quarterly Forum event will be held June 9, 2003, at Parametric Technology Corp.'s Needham facility near Boston. Reports and presentations will include Technology Forecasters' "Annual Productivity Benchmarking of EMS Companies by Tiers," "Survey of Wall Street Analysts Covering EMS Companies," "Panel on International Logistics: Best Options for Cost Savings and Ease," The Military/Aerospace Electronics Market: Unique Hurdles and Timely Opportunities," "Introduction of TFI's New Model of Electronics Manufacturing Lifecycle, with insight for OEMs on outsourcing," and "Global Pricing Model: Highlights from TFI's Research on Comparative Manufacturing Costs in Dozens of Countries." This event is timed to be adjacent to NEPCON East.
The Quarterly Forum is presented by strategic-consulting firm Technology Forecasters Inc., and comprises 15 industry reports and four live events each year. For more information, visit www.techforecasters.com.