In this presentation, Hans Ehm from Infineon will address the current challenges and innovative solutions in supply chains involving semiconductors. The semiconductor industry, known for its complexity and long production cycle times, is crucial for technological advancements, including CO2 reduction. Ehm will explore how optimizing global physical flexibility and implementing true end-to-end (E2E) supply chain strategies can provide a competitive advantage and mitigate issues like the Bullwhip effect and chip shortages. He will discuss the importance of immediate implementation of VMI systems after disruptions and the use of anonymized demand surveys to enhance supply chain resilience.

• The semiconductor industry is highly complex has intrinsic long production cycle times & suffers from the Bullwhip but is the technology enabler for CO2 reduction
• The Supply Chain capability to be able to daily execute the built up global physical flexibility in an optimized way is a competitive advantage
• We can support overcome the bullwhip effect and avoid further chip shortage with a true E2E supply chain.
• Switch to an absolute target stock VMI based system implemented immediately after a disruption is confirmed
• Use anonymized demand surveys to overcome the incentive to communicate tactical demand