Electronics Manufacturing Solutions (EMS)
EMS Products and Services > Supply Chain Management

Product Solutions - not Component Supply

"Cost-control, reduced lead-times and product reliability are three critical elements of executing to customer requirements – and all are enabled by an effective supply chain management process. CTS EMS utilizes global partnerships and manufacturing scale to secure the best possible material availability for our customer base."

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT  

"CTS EMS has the scale and business experience to say that supply chain management is a core business competency – we know that in the dynamic and fast-moving electronics sector the ability to position material in the right place, at the right time is critical to lead-time, cost-control and ultimately competitive ability."

We manage complex and multi-regional supply chains for our customers; including hubs, buffer stock and supplier-owned inventory to offer cost and lead-time advantages as well as predictability, flexibility & control. For CTS, management of the supply chain begins with NPI activity and extends throughout the lifecycle - we build effective partnerships to ensure optimum cost-reduction opportunities and minimal customer liability. Our flexibility and experience enables us to work effectively with either the customer’s chosen vendor base, or alternatively to take advantage of our scale and to design and manage the most effective supply chain to suit the customer’s needs.

CTS’ SCM STRATEGY

• Global fulfillment, local to the customer, from short pipelines
• Supplier owned consigned raw material inventory
• Finished goods buffer inventory positioned at customer’s preferred location
• Single signal consumption driven replenishment
• Product focused planning drives ‘Matched Sets’ throughout the supply chain
• Single point of ownership for entire supply chain
• Preferential terms throughout the supply chain – improves liability & cash management
• ECO control throughout and implementation through program management
• Lifecycle management and controls at the product level

BENEFITS TO THE CUSTOMER

• GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN POSITIONING, LOCAL TO CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS
• CTS INDEPENDENTLY BENCHMARKED AS ‘BEST-IN-CLASS’ FOR SUPPLY CHAIN
• MANAGEMENT – PROVEN EXPERTISE
• LONG-TERM SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE BEST SERVICE
• LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT APPROACH – DESIGN THRU TO END-OF-LIFE
• REDUCE CUSTOMER LIABILITY THROUGH VENDOR OWNED HUBS
• TIME-TO-MARKET IMPROVED THROUGH FINISHED GOODS BUFFERING