SCM Working Groups

This working group’s mission is to define and establish an industry-wide methodology and execution plan for "nTier" mapping of the electronics value chain and to create industry-standard risk management framework and resiliency metrics across this value chain.
Some of the focus areas include:

• Establish a tier mapping process for the industry with common definitions and nomenclature for tier mapping (Tiers, Levels, critical supplier, Etc.)
• Align on critical supply chain risk factors including location risk (natural disaster, geo-political, cost, labor), financial health, single sourced, geo concentration, single/sole source commodity, regulatory risk, cyber risk, spends, product criticality, etc.
• Develop risk framework and management process 
• Develop overall program management for risk management
• Develop Resiliency Index - both for Companies and for Critical Materials

This working group is dedicated to establishing a platform for early and actionable leading/lagging electronics supply chain management (SCM) indicators, and ongoing set of metrics to benchmark and track trends. The overarching goal is to assist SEMI in the development of dashboards in collaboration with their Strategic Partners, focusing on pertinent indicators.
Agility metrics include:

• Macroeconomic Indicators
• Demand
• Lead Time
• Capacity
• Inventory
• Supply Vs. Demand
• Sourcing and Procurement metrics

Working group meetings are held on a bi-weekly cadence.
 

This working group promotes traceability and provenance across the supply chain to meet government regulations on conflict minerals and unfair labor practices.

• The goal is to raise awareness of issues and regulations within the industry through collaboration with internal and external experts.

Webinar recorded on July 9, 2025: Critical Minerals, Due Diligence and the Semiconductor Supply Chain - Register for on-demand

This working group aims to define and establish an industry-wide methodology and execution plan to address the need for expanding supplier program adoption and enable greater supplier capabilities creating multiple sources, positive capabilities and competitive advantages across the electronics value chain. 

• Awareness: Share competitive advantages and differentiating enablement of supplier programming opportunities
• Ability: Identify roadblocks to manufacturers and supplier engagement and develop mentoring programs for constituencies
• Adoption: Pledge by manufactures of Best Industry Practice for supplier initiatives