Supply Chain Management

As AWS has grown into one of the largest independent EMS providers with turnover currently in excess of £35m it has developed its supply chain management services from being a support function to a critical element of the business in delivering real value add and customer satisfaction. 

With material spend of over £18m we have developed a specialist supply chain management team who are in touch with the latest market prices, AWS has a global purchase view for best price in a cost sensitive and dynamic environment. Working closely with account managers this provides a ‘local’ and seamless service to the customer. Buyers have a clear understanding of customer needs for reducing lead times and they fully comprehend obsolescence issues and the need to mitigate risk.

AWS buyers are empowered to act to deliver lowest material cost with shortest delivery and always considering the impact on inventory levels and minimum order quantities (MOQ). We utilise all the benefits of the latest procurement systems with JIT, Kanban and consignment stocking. 

Due to diverse number of industries it serves, AWS has developed a number of solutions for customer procurement issues using its best practice across the group. Supply chain management represents a host of activities that we can undertake not only for our own manufacturing but also directly on behalf of the customer: