Supply Chain Support & Services

Viasystems recognizes that effective management of the supply chain in support of our customers and product manufacturing is of critical strategic importance. The SCM functions are tasked with defining, implementing and executing this strategy to realize the full value add of the supply chain.

Vision Statement

Create Value via supply-chain design and management and be the customer choice of Supply Chain Solutions provider in Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) and Electro-Mechanical (E-M) Solutions

Our Mission

We link with supply chain partners to deliver timely, flexible, and lean supply-chain solutions to support the mission of Viasystems. We achieve this by:

1. Forging strong relationships with supply chain partners, understanding their needs, and providing value-added solutions to increase our competitive advantage.
2. Engaging the right suppliers, with the right capabilities, at the right time, and at the best possible value while ensuring quality performance.
3. Implementing a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) approach to drive measurable improvement in supply chain processes.
4. Deploying demand management techniques to help the organization effectively manage consumption and compliance.
5. Fostering a competitive and diverse supply base, including enterprise alliances.
6. Optimizing best practices to manage inventory and assets.
7. Make Supply-chain risk management part of key component of our Business Continuity Plan.
8. Using advanced technology to improve our decision-making and speed to cost savings.

Supply Chain Support & Services:

Viasystems offers services in the following categories: Global Supply Chain, Integrated Supply Chain, and Rapid Supply Chain solutions.

Global Supply Chain

Viasystems’ regional supply management teams in North America and Asia operate globally to develop supplier partnerships, commodity strategies, plus leverage global demands, pricing and terms with its suppliers.

Integrated Supply Chain

Viasystems operates with advanced integrated supply chain management systems. Viasystems has implemented Agile™ software management tools, providing visibility throughout the product life cycle. This includes new product introduction, manufacturing, engineering change implementation to end of life product lifecycles. Order entry, inventories, financial management and the efficiency of manufacturing processes are managed through Viasystems ERP systems Kinaxis Rapid Response™ systems provide Viasystems the visibility and tools to respond quickly to fluctuating demands in the supply chain, facilitating faster collaboration between customers, Viasystems and critical suppliers. Viasystems’ integrated supply chain management software tools allow:

• Rapid assessment of unexpected customer demands
• Real-time analysis of demand and supply
• Reduced cycle time of information sharing with customers and suppliers
• Increased customer service levels with faster response times, greater flexibility and reduced execution times
• Rapid constraint analysis (clear to build, constraint items)
• Multiple Simulation capability and scenarios available real time
• Immediate analysis and assessment of engineering changes on the supply chain
• Effective consolidation of data for analysis (excess and obsolete, lead time analysis, BOM analysis)
• Accurate and fast exchange of information between Viasystems’ sites worldwide

Rapid Supply Chain

Viasystems provides agility and flexibility on the supply chain, bringing customer products faster to market during introduction, ramping product into mass production, and managing the end of life product cycle. We understand that with competitive market conditions, faster implementation translates into increased revenues, profits and market share for our customers.