One of the biggest challenges OEMs and EMS companies are facing in the supply chain currently is in extended component lead times.
Katrina Hickey, Purchasing Manager at Stadium in Hartlepool, said: “As production demand increases we are working proactively with our customers to encourage early forecasting for maximum visibility and continual stocking agreements on specific components.
Where necessary, we provide proactive sourcing on alternative components supported by our in house electronic engineers and always approved by the customer.
We are working with our supply chain partners on a daily basis to closely moitor the market. The situation is frustrating to say the least but the key is to work with both customers and suppliers to uphold a constant dialogue for better informed forward planning.
Stadium has a strong supply chain with purchasing teams in place at Hartlepool and Rugby that are supported by global component sourcing from the 100% owned Stadium Asia sites in Hong Kong and China. Stadium’s buying power across its global operations is proving invaluable, especially for those ‘harder to find’ components.”
To discuss your component supply plan contact Katrina on 01429 852 500 or email electronics@stadium.co.uk