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Even before “Big Data” Purchasing groups were swimming in data and struggled to put it to effective use. The success of Strategic Sourcing methodology had the effect of also identifying and standardizing the types and format of information that can be used to drive improvement.
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Finally will conclude with comments on how Big Data along with other disruptive digital trends will create a new required skill sets for Purchasing and Supply Chain Professionals and are transform how operate all ready.
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Corporate Purchasing Leaders Challenged to Manage Interface With 40+ Software...Bill Kohnen
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Depending on the organization titles maybe interchangeable or a Director may have more actual authority than a CPO in one organization vs. another
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The Internet of Things along with application of big data will increase the demand for Analog Semiconductor Devices and MEMs products which will be good for semiconductor companies and their suppliers based in the Philippines.
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The volume, velocity and variety of data available is almost unthinkable. 90% of the world’s data is less than 2 years old, we are able analyze less than 5% of it and 80% of what people generally are looking at is less than 6 weeks old. Harnessing this data for effective decision making is a goal for organizations worldwide and has created a 50Billion dollar industry to provide tools and consulting.
Even before “Big Data” Purchasing groups were swimming in data and struggled to put it to effective use. The success of Strategic Sourcing methodology had the effect of also identifying and standardizing the types and format of information that can be used to drive improvement.
This discussion will connect how big data sources and methodology can be used to develop specific and relevant spend analytics. Also presented will be an illustration of how you can use data and tools you already have - to get immediate results and make you better prepared to evaluate the need for more powerful analytic tools.
Finally will conclude with comments on how Big Data along with other disruptive digital trends will create a new required skill sets for Purchasing and Supply Chain Professionals and are transform how operate all ready.
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By its nature purchasing deals with virtually all departments and directly touch's 50% of the organizations total revenue. At each interface point it seems there is a software solution to interface with different characteristics (enterprise, homegrown, cloud based, proprietary, legacy commercial etc…) The typical 40+ interfaces create Strategic and Operational Challenges yet do not necessarily result in improved performance for purchasing.
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Purchasing Assessment tools For Individuals and Organizations with benchmark scoring. Particularly designed for individual use to provide framework for professional development in 2014 and beyond. Also can be used by Purchasing executives for organizational review and resource planning.
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Improving and maintaining supplier performance is an important topic for global purchasing professionals. There is a continuum of approaches and tools that can be used including use of penalties and or incentives. A recent Linked In discussion on the topic of supplier penalties resulted in global interest and comment and this is a summary of many of the observations,
Chief Purchasing Officers Challenges and GoalsBill Kohnen
What are the present challenges facing Chief Purchasing Officers,how will they transform their organizations, and what can suppliers and solutions providers do to help them.
Depending on the organization titles maybe interchangeable or a Director may have more actual authority than a CPO in one organization vs. another
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4 Disciplines of Execution - Book reviewBill Kohnen
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All datacenters, regardless of their size, have specific objectives. Until now, balancing datacenter
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This presentation is from the Suresense Technologies webinar.
The topics covered are:
- The energy efficiency market opportunity
- Who is Suresense Technologies?
- Our products, your solutions!
- Partnering with Suresense
- Next steps
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Purchasing and Supply Chain decisions have been key to innovation for over 150 years. As Innovation becomes the key item sourced there will be a strong need for professionals expert in Purchasing and Supply Chain to support the organizations and industries driving technology forward.
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Corporate Semiconductor Buyers Can Get Better Prices for Analog Products
1. Corporate Buyers of Analog Semiconductors are not
getting best possible prices
There is a real opportunity for Astute Corporate IC Buyers to exert
pressure on Analog Semiconductor producers to get better pricing.
5% to 10% Reduction should be easy
Bill Kohnen Sept 2013 Purchasing Conference Discussion Points
2. Recent Comment from CFO at Major Analog IC Company
• “the analog market is one of those markets where we never
really see the price being unfirm, if we can coin a phrase.
So, it’s pretty stable and it’s been pretty stable through this
entire cycle. So, could it get better? I guess it could get
better. But it’s actually in a pretty good shape today.
Bill Kohnen Sept 2013 Purchasing Conference Discussion Points
Translation: Even in a down cycle we maintain prices and do not worry
about pressure from customers. In an up cycle we can charge even
more. Our customers (particularly industrial ones) are not smart
Buyers.
3. Analog Companies Enjoy High Margins
• Analog products typically enjoy higher gross
margins than memory, DSP, Microprocessor
and logic products.
– Analog Margins 50% to 70%
– Memory and Logic 20% to 40%
Bill Kohnen Sept 2013 Purchasing Conference Discussion Points
Of the total IC Market Revenue Analog Products make up ~ 15%
4. What keeps Analog IC Buyers From
Doing Better?
• Harder to Leverage
– 100,000 different types of product sold each year
– Volume of any given product not great
– Long life span and difficult to interchange products
• Analog IC Companies focus more on technical Engineer
to Engineer Sales
• Analog products are important but generally are not
the vital component of a system so do not get as much
attention
• Analog Design and Production is not as straightforward
as other IC products making cost comparison and
models difficult for Buyers to develop
Bill Kohnen Sept 2013 Purchasing Conference Discussion Points
5. What Do Analog Companies Do when
faced with Smart Buyers
• For high volume aggressive Buyers they will
price to cover fixed cost (automotive)
• For aggressive Asian based Consumer Buyers
they will price at breakeven costs
• In general though most Analog Buyers are not
that aggressive or knowledgeable
Bill Kohnen Sept 2013 Purchasing Conference Discussion Points
6. Suggestions to Get Better Prices
• Become more knowledgeable about differences in Analog
Operations and Companies (next slide)
• Demand better pricing – Analog companies are not used to
this and can be pressured
• Have pricing requests come from Asia
• Analog companies sell technology value because they are
comfortable in the space. If you have an innovative
requirement or are in a field they are targeting (medical
device) reverse things and have them lower costs upfront
for chance to support the product.
• Visits to Analog companies and technical roadmap sharing
help as relationships do make more of a difference with
Analog Companies
Bill Kohnen Sept 2013 Purchasing Conference Discussion Points
7. What Makes Analog Operations
Different?
• Improvements in wafer-manufacturing costs have a smaller impact on the
gross margin of analog
• Analog products have higher back-end costs as a proportion of total costs
(50% or more)
• While larger-diameter wafers are typically more cost effective, individual
fab perfor-mance matters
– A well run 150mm Fab can outperform and poorly run 200mm fab
• The effects of the transition to 300mm capacity on the analog universe
will certainly be felt, but only in select segments (Power management IC: switching controllers, drivers)
• Most Companies maintain a balance of internal and external fab
operations
• Backend operations concentrated in Philippines for both internal and
subcons. Some subcon in lower cost operations in Malaysia and China but
productivity not as high in these places yet. Taiwan for some very high end
products.
Bill Kohnen Sept 2013 Purchasing Conference Discussion Points