ASML has been on a journey to use technology, innovation, and collaboration to drive a procurement transformation that brings the function closer aligned with the business. In this session, discover the company's first steps of success that were taken, the trials and tribulations they faced, and how those challenges have shaped the future.
Particular points of discussion will include: collaboration and support between IT, Supply Chain & Finance, process re-design and lifting the procurement capabilities toward world class.
6. More than 180 billion chips are made every year
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Data: WSTS
In 2012 185 billion chips were
produced — 27 for every man,
woman and child on the planet.
Global semiconductor industry
sales reached $300 billion.
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25. The strategic procurement challenge
Sourcing Lever Benefits
Value Added
Relationships
Process
Effectiveness
& Compliance
Supply Base
Restructuring
Total Cost
Management
Design &
Specification
Optimisation
Supply Market
Leverage
Demand side
Supply side
Sourcing levers
Supply
Market
Leverage
Value Added
Relationships
Process
Effectiveness
& Compliance
Supply Base
Restructuring
Total Cost
Management
Design &
Specification
Optimisation
Supply Market
Leverage
Demand side
Supply side
Sourcing levers
Supply
Base
Restructuring
Value Added
Relationships
Process
Effectiveness
& Compliance
Supply Base
Restructuring
Total Cost
Management
Design &
Specification
Optimisation
Supply Market
Leverage
Demand side
Supply side
Sourcing levers
Design &
Specifications
Optimisation
Bundled, fully leveraged volumes and requirements
Best practice commercial arrangements, where
suppliers‟ incentives are aligned with ASML‟s needs
Concentration of spend with most qualified suppliers
Cost flexibility, whereby service levels and volumes
can be adjusted based on ASML‟s market conditions
A more disciplined, structured and transparent
approach to supplier management
Optimised total lifecycle costs
26. Both the Procurement team and the business
needs to be prepared and equipped
A cultural change for both parties
Prepared & equipped: required from
the Procurement Team
•Sufficient CAPACITY to address
entire NPR spend strategically
•Required SKILLS to utilize more
advanced sourcing levers
•Appropriate MINDSET towards
customers
•Effective APPROACH to stakeholder
engagement
Prepared: Required from the
Business
• Willingness to work with
Procurement CROSS-
FUNCTIONALLY
• Willingness to start with an OPEN
MIND with regards to
specifications and suppliers used
• RESOURCES to work in cross-
functional sourcing teams
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It is hard to imagine a world without semiconductor chips.There would be no computers, for a start. No digital cameras, MP3 players, CDs, DVDs and games consoles. No mobile phones and no Internet. Not even a digital wristwatch.Semiconductors can also be found in less obvious places. Cars contain dozens of chips: from the micro-controllers that regulate the engine to sensors that detect rain and turn on windshield wipers, a modern car is a computer on wheels.Medical image scanners, household smoke detectors and even washing machines rely on chips.There are few inventions that have transformed — and continue to transform — the world as dramatically as the invention of the silicon chip. ASML makes the machines that are used to manufacture these chips. All of the world’s top chip makers are our customers, so chances are that every day, you usea device that was partly made on our machines.Photo credits:http://www.flickr.com/photos/johanl/3044291684/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelo/4126205344/http://www.flickr.com/photos/johanl/4365558047/http://www.flickr.com/photos/intelfreepress/6722296265/http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalshotgun/454380458/
In short, ASML makes the machines for making those chips.Our lithography systems are a critical tool for producing chips, and all of the world’s top chip makers are our customers.But before we go into details, let’s take a step back, and look at the big overarching trend that has driven the semiconductor industry for the past decades.