TORONTO -- SMTC today announced the opening of its supply-chain center in Phoenix, one of several key initiatives in the electronics manufacturing services company’s ongoing drive to deliver “best-in-class” vertically integrated supply chain services.

“While supply chain challenges reported by many of our peers continue to affect the industry, SMTC’s focus on supply chain excellence and the emphasis we have placed on this very important part of the business continues to provide exceptional results for our customers in these unprecedented times,” said Ed Smith, SMTC president and CEO. “Under the direction of our recently hired SVP of global planning and supply chain Phil Wehrli, we have worked with our customers and key partners to rethink our approach and implement a number of initiatives to manage the risks associated with component shortages and new tariffs.

Smith said the initiatives include the new center in Phoenix, use of lean manufacturing kanban programs, upgraded quoting tools, customer-specific action plans, new agreements with Tier 1 distributors, and extensive investments in safety stock programs.

“SMTC is committed to achieving further transformations in our operations and supply chain through enhanced intelligence and analytics providing better strategic focus combined with increased use of automated materials costing, real-time stock, and budgetary pricing,” said Wehrli. 

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