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NEMI and Supply-Chain Council Survey Electronics Manufacturing Industry
to Assess IT and Supply Chain Integration Needs
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HERNDON, Va. - June 17, 2002 -The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) is teaming with the Supply-Chain Council to survey the electronics manufacturing industry regarding information technology (IT) and supply chain integration needs. The information and insights gained through this survey will be used in development of the Product Lifecycle Information Management (PLIM) chapter of the 2002 NEMI roadmap, and as guidance for the Supply-Chain Council's technical program.
"We're looking for input from electronics manufacturers, electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers and companies that provide equipment or services to manufacturers or their partners," said Barbara Goldstein, co-chair of NEMI's PLIM Technology Working Group (TWG) and a strategic advisor for NIST. "We also want to hear from industries that integrate electronics into their products, such as automotive and aerospace. We're encouraging broad participation in the survey to ensure that we can accurately assess and prioritize industry needs."
"The Supply-Chain Council and its membership are working to extend SCOR as the ad hoc standard supply chain operations management tool of choice for designing dynamic, extended supply networks," said George Brown, senior staff architect of Intel Corporation and chair of the Council. "The Council's Research Strategy Committee has devised an R&D agenda that includes focuses on extensions to SCOR, such as product design for supply chain management, which will facilitate responsiveness in the overall value chain. This survey will help guide our work and we encourage participation."
The survey covers topics such as: data formats used to exchange information with supply chain partners; the relative importance of capabilities such as design collaboration and the integration of test/repair with process control; and identification of key supply chain issues. It is available online at:
http://www.supply-chain.org/NEMI/NEMI_1.asp
Surveys must be completed by Monday, July 8. Individuals completing the survey will have access to results.
The Roles of the Board and Technical Committee
The Supply-Chain Council is a global, not-for-profit trade association open to all types of organizations. It sponsors and supports educational programs including conferences, retreats, benchmarking studies, and development of the Supply-Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR), the process reference model designed to improve users' efficiency and productivity. The Council is dedicated to improving the supply chain efficiency of its practitioner members.
The SCC was organized in 1996 by Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM) and AMR Research, and initially included 69 voluntary member companies. The Council now has closer to 1,000 corporate members world-wide and has established international chapters in Europe, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Australia/New Zealand and South-East Asia with additional requests for regional chapters pending. SCC's membership is primarily practitioners representing a broad cross-section of industries, including manufacturers, services, distributors, and retailers.
Equally important to the Council are the technology suppliers and implementers, consultants, the academicians, and the government organizations that participate in Council activities. For additional information, please visit www.supply-chain.org or www.supplychainworld.org.
About NEMI
The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative's mission is to facilitate leadership of the North American electronics manufacturing supply chain. Based in Herndon, Va., the industry-led consortium is made up of approximately 60 electronics manufacturers, suppliers, industry associations and consortia, government agencies and universities. NEMI roadmaps the needs of the North American electronics industry, identifies gaps in the technology infrastructure, establishes implementation projects to eliminate these gaps (both business and technical), and stimulates standards activities to speed the introduction of new technologies. The consortium also works with government, universities and other funding agencies to set priorities for future industry needs and R&D initiatives. For additional information about NEMI, visit www.nemi.org.
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For further information:
Cynthia Williams
cwilliams@nemi.org
phone: 207-871-1260