Ensuring Supply Chain Quality

The benefit of outsourcing to an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider goes beyond its manufacturing capabilities and expertise. Outsourcing leads to the EMS provider supporting management of the component supply chain. This translates to reduced transaction and administrative cost for many purchasing organizations. That said, it may also change the dynamics by which part suppliers are measured. Consequently, it is as important to review an EMS provider's processes for maintaining quality within the supply chain as it is to audit their processes for ensuring manufacturing quality within their own operations.

SigmaTron International takes supply chain quality seriously. Many of its customers require zero to 50 ppm failure rates for finished products and that means that even small issues in supply chain quality can impact overall quality scores. Read the full Electronics Sourcing article here for details on SigmaTron's approach to supply chain quality.