SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
Whether you manufacture semiconductors, equipment or components, we help your procurement team understand and safeguard critical supplier relationships. Know which risks need attention and where preventive measures are worthwhile.
Discuss your starting pointSimplified example: materials and equipment enable chip fabrication, followed by packaging and testing.
WHAT MATTERS
The semiconductor industry connects highly specialised companies across multiple value chain stages and countries. A supplier list alone therefore does not show which sites, intermediate products and manufacturing partners your supply depends on.
For procurement, the task is to turn these connections into decisions: which parts or services are hard to replace? Where do different supply paths converge? What options are available if an important partner fails? We work with your team to establish a sound basis for action.
OUR CONSULTING
We start where your team needs support. We agree a scope that fits your goals, existing foundations and available capacity.
For selected critical materials or components, we record known supply tiers, sites and partners. We make information gaps visible and prioritise further investigation, focusing the analysis on the connections that matter to your business.
Explore N-tier analysisTogether with procurement, production and planning, we assess which products and processes would be affected by an interruption. Inventory, replenishment lead times and possible alternatives inform the assessment, helping you prioritise critical supplier relationships.
Assess disruption impactsWe structure potential measures, such as assessing alternative sources, planning qualification steps or reviewing inventory strategies. We record prerequisites, effort and responsibilities so that a risk list becomes an actionable plan.
Manage suppliers with purposeWe define the information your team needs regularly, who assesses alerts and when a decision is required. Suitable reports connect risk signals with affected suppliers and actions.
Explore digital reportingYOUR BENEFITS
A transparent overview of the dependencies examined and remaining information gaps.
Measures with technical prerequisites, priorities and named contacts.
A shared approach for procurement, planning and engineering when relevant risk alerts arise.
A selected product family, procurement category or critical supplier relationship is a useful starting point. We develop the approach around it and explore together how it can extend to other areas.
No. We start with existing information and the supply paths that matter most to you. Where data is missing, we explicitly record this and agree which information should be obtained.
Yes. We tailor the analysis to your position in the value chain. Different components, services and dependencies may be critical for an equipment supplier than for a business that fabricates or packages chips.
LET'S TALK
Let's discuss a specific procurement category or supplier relationship and identify a useful starting point.