Accomplishments Increased inventory accuracy to 99% and reduced product lead time from 45 days to 30 days. As product demand changed, common use components were allocated to multiple kits resulting in kit to kit transfers, inaccurate WIP and raw inventory. Assembled team to review factory stocking practices, material flow and kitting release process redirected suppliers to ship directly to offshore factory instead of the kitting operations. Increased throughput with process redesign to a build to order model. Reduced global supply chain spend by $25m through negotiation and best practice. Drove competitive bid processes for logistics, servers, mechanical cables power and racks for a growing hybrid cloud provider growing 25% year over year. Focus on Total Landed Cost and Total Cost of ownership. Reduced delivery time to 30 days for 95% of product sales. The VCE start-up joint venture systems architects created multiple skus of blade servers causing extended lead times to customers. Worked with distribution partners and sales team to develop a SKU assignment process based on key component types and forecasted BOMs. Resulted in a VMI Kanban pull and configuration postponement process reducing finished goods inventory levels and inventory exposure. Increased performance to lead time for Asia Pacific customers to 94% from 78% through a collaborative global cross functional team focused on local integration, order visibility and delivery quality. EMC product sales were rapidly growing across Asia causing delayed logistics for products sourced from Ireland. Coordinated implementation of local fulfillment, merge in transit sites and quick turn configuration on low end volume products within China, Hong Kong, Australia and Japan. Reduced quality issues through carrier training and factory packaging standards.

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