Outsourcing supply chain management for chip manufacture can increase yields and quality
Summary
For a big semiconductor company, this makes sense as they can afford to maintain the team of skilled people needed to manage and understand the steps involved. “For nearly twenty years, Sondrel has been the company that people turn to when a design is too complex for them to manage in house or too expensive to employ experts full time with the necessary skills. “Covid had a huge impact on the chip industry and continues to do so with lead times for all the sub-contractors in the chain changing almost daily,” added Walsh. In this example, by using smaller, nimbler packaging companies that can accommodate orders on a shorter timeframe.” Another benefit of outsourcing chip manufacturing is the expertise that becomes available to improve quality and yields. There are many steps where something could affect the yield or the quality and, by Sondrel having responsibility for the entire supply chain and guaranteeing a certain volume of packaged parts, it can identify precisely where issues are occurring and correct them.