Materials Management

Materials management is often seen by others as a simple exercise in cost control. For Prism, the electronic components are the life-blood of our processes and so we actively manage our systems to achieve both flexibility and cost competitiveness.

We extend the same ethical partnership approach to our suppliers that our customers expect from us. This process is supported by our materials control software so that we can optimise our purchasing to minimise costs while achieving flexibility of demand.

Through component market knowledge and mature working relationships with leading franchised distributors and specialist component suppliers, our experienced procurement team is able to source high quality components internationally whilst minimising material cost, lead-time and inventory.

Supportive and flexible suppliers enable us to give valuable market feedback to our customers and procure materials in small or high volume.

Our systems help us to manage customer supplied materials, end-of-life and obsolescence effectively and respond rapidly to any changes in material demand and availability.

Prism offers

• Full or part procurement of materials or Free-issue kits
• Management of Customer materials
• Component Optimisation (availability, price, quality, lead-times)
• Supplier Quality Assessments
• Management of component obsolescence
• Cost reduction programmes and alternative component sourcing
• Sourcing and management of RoHS compliant materials

Achieved using

• ERP software
• Kan-Ban or MRP driven deliveries
• JIT, consolidated stock and direct line feed
• Vendor-Managed Inventory