Showing posts with label management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label management. Show all posts

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Outsourcing Process Flow - An overview

    This is a generic flow to help you further understand how to select a contract manufacturer. 
It is a very generic process flow. A very simplified version. 
Hopefully, this flow gives you a very quick understanding on outsourcing, and selecting a contract manufacturing partner.
If you would like to know more, please email me.  
If you need a PDF copy with better resolution, please email me. 


    Hope you enjoy reading this. Appreciate your feedback & comments too!

Thanks.

Best regards,
Ronald Gan


Tuesday, September 8, 2020

New Product Introduction (NPI) 101, Overview

    I would like to provide some simple explanation on what an NPI (New Product Introduction) is. 

    The situation can be best applied for a NPI in an EMS world, focusing in building a new product from their customer. This is only the basic. The overall NPI when executing, will be more than this. It should come with either a checklist, or a gantt chart to ensure everything is well covered. With proper planning, there are less loopholes or risk in the NPI. 

    Why is NPI important? It is important so that all the new product are properly manufactured in a controlled environment, as designed by the designer. Each new product is also properly tested & bought off before leaving the door. When the new product is released, the users or end users can use the product with perfect satisfaction & zero worries. 


    In my previous blog, I have shared the below. It is a very brief 4M + 1E information for an NPI. It could be used to prepare a checklist for an NPI focusing in 4M+1E





    I am adding the items in below text form. If you need a properly formatted copy, please email me so that it is easier for you to build the checklist. 
  

New Product Introduction 4M1E (In an EMS situation):

o What is the new product
Function
Public application / use
Future market
Competitive advantage
o Man
Team available?
Need to establish one?
Direct labor
Indirect labor
Knowledge & experience available
Training requirement
o Cost incurred?
o Long term ROI
Hiring of a team
Setting up a team
Team requirement
o Organization
o Leader
o R&R
o Escalation points
o Team goal
o Machine
What SMT machine is required?
Any unique machines required?
Ask for manufacturing equipments required, if any
Age of quipments
Equipment limitation
Equipment capabilities
Equipment serviceability
What is the cost involved in new machines
Long term ROI
Ammortize in quotation
What is the NRE cost involved?
Long term ROI
Overall equipment cost
Including cost for space & utility utilization
Do not include profit
o Method
Direct transfer from customer?
Additional work needed?
o ECO
o Evaluations
Marketing methodology
When to launch in the market?
Which region?
How?
Why this topic is important?
All documents set up in EMS?
BOM
o Direct materials
o AVL / AML
ECO
IDM
Overall Instructions
Manufacturing Instructions
Packaging Instructions
Shipping & delivery instructions
o Ship to?
o Shipping requirement
o Storage requirement
o Inco terms
Storage requirement
o Finished goods
o Raw materials
Customer forecast
Methodology of manufacturing
o Buy per forecast?
o Build per forecast
o Buy per PO
o Build per PO
o Blanket PO
o All of these has serious & long term impact
Supportability
Materials E&O
Finished Product inspection & buy off
Obtain from customers
o FAI requirement
o Qualification plan
Lead time for the inspections & buy off
Customers approval to build & ship
Qualification Plan
What to do if failed first build?
Weekly conference call
Topics to discuss
Who should attend?
o Material
All documents from customers?
Bill Of Materials
Manufacturing Instructions
All specifications
All approved vendors
When to buy materials
Who to buy from
Cost analysis
Buy standard pack
Buy just enough
To take note
Buy from AVL / AML
Buy legitimate materials
If extra cost needed?
o Due to short lead time
o What to do next?
Do not over buy or over stock
o Quantity
o Cost
o Exception
Cheap parts
Incoming inspections - what to do?
Buy from distributors
Buy from manufacturers
o Environment
EMS industry
EMS situation
Only manufacture the products for the customers
Did not design the product
Contract manufacturing
Business environment
Business quotation
o All documents to quote
o Quotation
Quotes submission
Customer buy off
o Customer award
Manufacturing agreement
Customers requirement buy off
Operational Environment
Humidity
Temperature
Clean room or not?


    Please email me if you would like to see additional information or further explanation on this topic. This is a massive topic. 

I appreciate your feedback & comments. Hope you enjoy the brief introduction. 


Thank you and best regards,
Ronald Gan




Comprehensive overview of total supply chain management

    Here, I would like to share my view of total supply chain management. It consist of overall supply chain from beginning to the end. 

    This is a very interesting topic to know about.... It could mainly apply to manufacturing as an overall.


Below is a mind map of the total supply chain management. The resolution might not be that good. If you need a pdf copy or a mind map copy (using simple mind apps format), please email me. 




And here are the outline. If you need a well formatted word file or PDF file, please email me. 

Total Supply Chain Management

o What is supply chain management

It is a management knowledge

It is a chain, from beginning to the end

It is a full stretch of knowledge from getting the supply to the buyer

o What are the topics in supply chain management

Sourcing

Supplier & potential supplier

Supplier selection

Terms & conditions

o Pricing

o Invoicing

o Payment terms

Quality requirement

Types of suppliers

o Direct manufacturer

o Distributorship

o Representatives

o Overall

B2B

Design

From R&D

The purpose

Where use application

Logistics

Freight management

o Freight in

o Freight out

o Types of freight

Air

Ocean

Road

Warehousing

o Receiving

o Storage

o Outgoing

o Return of goods

o 3PL

Customs

Trade & Compliance

Procurement

Direct materials & indirect materials

o What is direct materials

o What is indirect materials

PO placement

When to buy

Product quality

How many to buy

Types of procurement

o Buy to forecast

o Buy to PO

Types of materials model

o Consigned

Full or partial

Pros & Cons

o Turnkey

Full or partial

Pros & Cons

o Buy/Sell

o Drop ship

o Customer managed

o High value

o Attrition

Material costing

Standard pack

EAU

Negotiation

Distribution

Consolidation pricing for negotiation

o By material itself

o By supplier

o By mother company

o By total spend

Types of cost optimization

o Annual re-pricing

o Rebate

o Many more creative ways

Materials planning

What type of attrition

What is required

o When to bring in

o When to use

ERP

Will be discussed in another topic

Production Planning

Function

o Build the product in the shortest time possible

o Optimize capacity & ship out once completed building

o When to build

o When to ship

o Minimize waste

o Counter check ineffeciency

Resolve capacity constraints

Types of build

o Build to forecast

o Build to PO

Forecast

Inventory management

Keep the lowest possible inventory

o Pros & cons

Ties up cash

Expiry date

A balanced model?

Inventory tracking & reporting

Reverse Logistics

What is this? 

o Return & Repair

o Upgrades

o Rework

o Refurbishment

o Warehousing & safekeeping

Value added services

Usually, the cost is high

o Why is total supply chain management so important?

It is a chain

All are inter-related

Impact as an overall

To discuss more

o Areas not covered here

Quality

Quality management system

o Quality standards

ISO

Aerospace

FDA

Medical

Military

Telco

Incoming Quality

Engineering

R&D

Process

Manufacturing

Supplier quality

Facility

Test

Industrial engineering

Production

Supplier quality management

Finance

Account Payable

Account Receiveable

Bad debts

Returns

Rebates

Customer management

Customer quotation

Customer contract

IT

HR

Customs

Trade & compliance


    I hope you enjoy reading this article. If you wish to know more on this topic, please email me. 

    Thank you for taking the time in reading this article. Your feedback is highly appreciated. 


Thanks & best regards,
Ronald Gan