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从第一天开始构建弹性：为什么供应链战略应该从设计阶段开始
当今的领先品牌认识到，供应链只会变得越来越复杂，存在着从地缘政治紧张局势、关税、零部件短缺等各种风险。为了支持我们全球成千上万的客户，Flex 建立了供应链网络、解决方案和技术，以支持 供应链 intelligence and resilience.
Flex 运营着庞大而多样化的全球供应链，拥有超过 16,000 家值得信赖的供应商。为了确保 1,000 多家客户供应链的生产正常进行，我们利用我们的数字供应链可视化工具， Flex Pulse® 切实可行的洞察工具.
需要在产品生命周期早期识别风险
尽管供应链风险的很大一部分体现在设计和产品测试阶段，但这些风险对于许多品牌来说往往是隐藏的，直到进入规划和构建阶段。在这个更成熟的阶段，产品生命周期可能会受到负面影响，采购挑战会导致重大成本影响、项目延迟和其他财务影响。一旦进入规划阶段，单一来源成本可能会大幅增加，而在构建阶段，零件短缺等更高风险可能会导致工厂生产线停工和收入大幅损失。
在报价和设计阶段识别和解决风险时，品牌不再需要接受供应链风险的一部分只是“设计内置”且应承受的观念。在产品生命周期的早期阶段，实施多源采购和更换风险部件等缓解措施要容易得多。
报价阶段的风险评估检查点
Flex Pulse® 风险管理工具 provides insights into the part-level to identify supply chain risks for a product bill of materials (BOM) at an early lifecycle stage. The application automatically assesses quotes and generates a report that shows potential risks and recommended solutions for risk mitigation.
The powerful insights generated by the tool come from leveraging a combination of both internal and external data sources. In addition to pulling information from Flex- owned databases of ~5 million components, the Risk Management tool is in real-time to more than a dozen external data sources and uses that information to assess risks and recommend decisions.
利益相关者收到一份直观的报告，其中包含：
- 零件特性风险（例如合规性和报废风险）和供应链风险（例如交货时间、缺货、可用性和升级），以便他们可以轻松了解潜在的供应链中断
- BOM 的总体平均供应链风险评分，将 BOM 风险与同一业务部门内的其他产品以及特定产品进行比较
- 建议的风险缓解策略以及对改善总体风险评分所需的工程资源小时数的评估
欧盟RoHS投诉风险
含有特定有害物质的 MPN 数量受到限制
生命末期风险
具有高至中等 EOL 风险的 MPN – 这些 MPN 将变得不可用，需要其他来源
交付周期风险
衡量同一商品组中不同 MPN 的交货时间差异
缺货风险
使用实时分销商数据检查 MPN 当前库存是否充足
可用性风险
测量同一商品的历史零件数据来预测未来发生短缺的可能性。
升级风险
过去 12 个月内由于材料短缺而在 Flex 内内部升级的 MPN 数量
Since the tool was launched, Flex has used it to review hundreds of quotes and identified lower risk alternatives for an average of 46 parts per project (~18% of BOM), while shifting an average of 20 parts per project (~8% of BOM) from a single-sourced to multi-sourced position. Overall, the program alleviates the barriers to early lifecycle supply chain risk mitigation, implementing mitigation solutions for Flex customers at an average risk reduction of 14% for a product BOM.
早发现=早解决
通过在生命周期早期阶段解决风险，Flex 重新定义了识别和应对供应链风险的传统流程。根据 麦肯锡公司 survey, multi-sourcing is one of the most common strategies employed by brands to de-risk their supply chains. With the Flex Pulse Risk Management tool, we are able to reduce higher costs that can surface in later phases which means that our customers can have more confidence as we build resiliency into their product supply chains.
In the future, as we combine and build on existing analytics solutions, our customers will continue to benefit from clear, quantifiable, and actionable insights into their supply chains. The Risk Management tool is planned to be extended to products in planning and building phase to monitor and address the supply chain risk position of the manufactured products on a continuous basis across lifecycle stages to our customers.
