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Who is behind the GLOBALstockroom project?
The
instigators of the GLOBALstockroom have been the NMI and
USED4semicon, which were helped greatly by 3 major customers. The NMI is the
National
Microelectronics Institute, a not for profit organization
funded by fab and electronic companies to work in the interest
of the industry.
What
are the major reasons for its development?
There are 3 main reasons:
Downtime Reduction: To locate parts in other fabs in machine
down situations. Essential when vendors have long lead times,
or parts are obsolete.
Inventory
reduction and rationalization: Longer term plans to reduce
inventories of commonly held parts in multiple locations
either across organizations or within an organization
On-line
marketplace for slow moving and obsolete spares – direct
fab-to-fab open policy with confidential relationships.
Our
Stock
listings are confidential and I don’t want to make what we
hold in stock public knowledge
All
data is held in confidence and only at point of quotation
request and only to senior purchasing level users does the
location become known. General user levels can see
availability of the part with only limited location
information such as country so they can assess how quickly
shipment could be. The system is designed so individual
locations cannot be searched.
I don’t want to sell my parts !
Whatever the reason, the seller always retains the right to
sell or not sell the part. The request is a “request” not
a purchase order and you see who is requesting the part. There
is no obligation to sell the part to anyone. You may decide
the requestor is a competitor or you have plans for that part
in the foreseeable future.
What if its the wrong part ?!
Unfortunately accidents happen , wrong revision number etc.
the buyer retains a 7 day right of return as long as it is
unused.
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What Price do I sell my parts at?
That is entirely up to you. As the seller you simply fill in
the boxes on the request for quote and then its up to the
buyer to pay that price or not. In reality if the stock is
current stock ( that you use regularly) then you may want to include a premium, as you
will have to replace the part, (if you
can live with the lead time from the vendor). If it is slow
moving or obsolete you may be able sell it at a discounted
level just to sell it and reduce your inventory.
How do I get my stock listings to you and in what format?
We
try to make as little work for you as possible so we can
accept stock listings in multiple formats. The simplest form
is a text file or Excel spreadsheet, we can also accept XML
feeds and comply with any of the industry standards such as
Rosettanet.. We can supply a template that can be run off
almost any ERP, stock control or back office system.
Take a look here at a sample template
we can use.
How Much does it cost ?
There is small monthly fee, which out weighs the real
cost of a single spare part holding up production due to non
availability form the vendor. There is a small administration
percentage added to each order to cover running and finance
costs.
Contact us for details. (Reduction for NMI members)
Can I
use the system for my own company only
i.e. internal multiple location management ?
Yes, searching can be made across your own organization
only and by specific location, it’s a case of access rights for the
person searching. Should it be required, an internal version
could be tailored your individual company needs.
What training is required ?
Once the data formats are finalized then user training is very
simple and can easily be handled in less than a day. Costs
vary according to location and expenses. Training can be
quoted on an individual basis. Training involves formatting
data, creating users and administering data access rights.
Training may also be given remotely, ask for details.
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