Supply Market Intelligence & Services

The Supply Market Intelligence & Services (SMIS) group helps business managers find the best supply solutions

SMIS

Unique insights

SMIS offers unique insights into supply markets, connecting you with the right supply solutions:

  • Builds on the strengths of the former International Purchasing Offices: over 40 years experience in Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China
  • Includes market intelligence and commodity expertise
  • Works closely with supply market experts in Central and Eastern Europe and India
  • Serves both Philips businesses and external customers

Benefits

SMIS helps you:

  • Stay ahead of the market
  • Exploit supply market opportunities
  • Access high-quality supply market intelligence
  • Save time and money
  • Avoid the frustration and pitfalls of ‘long distance business’
  • Fix problems quickly
  • Benefit from networks of local contacts, relationships with suppliers and knowledge of local ‘rules’

Arrangements

Choose from a flexible range of service arrangements including Service Level Agreements, project-based or customized support.

 

Services Offered

Strategic Purchasing Support Initial Purchasing Support Supply Chain Support
Market Intelligence
  • Insights (supplier visits, events, reports, seminars)
  • Analysis (reports and newsletters)
  • Project-based intelligence

Supplier Selection
  • Scouting (analysis, meetings, reports)
  • RFI/RFQ
  • Supplier certification and auditing

Sample Handling

Commodity Team 		Project management
  • Design-in workshops
  • Value analysis
  • Value engineering

Project-related sample handling

Supplier risk assessment

Supplier BRMs

Supplier relationship management

Supplier negotiation/ contracting
  • Terms and conditions
  • GPA
 Capacity management
  • Capacity reviews (supply/demand balancing, ramp-up, CROT)
  • Initial order handling and lead-time management
  • Slow-moving stock and shortage management

Design changes management
  • Obsolescence management

End-of-life management

Troubleshooting
  • Quality
  • Quantity
  • Timing

Contact details

Jan Severin Director, SMIS Eindhoven,
the Netherlands		 tel: +31 40 27 89137
Joe TH Fu General Manager, China Office tel: +86 21 63541088 ext. #5043
Yasuaki Takashima General Manager, Japan Office tel: +81 3 3740 5436
JH Kim General Manager, Korea Office tel: +82 2 709 1321
Wen Sheih General Manager, Taiwan Office tel: +886-2-3789-2929
Milind Phulse General Manager, India Office tel: +91 9810803384