Fairchild Semiconductor Case Study

Following the economic downturn, Fairchild Semiconductor needed a solution that could help it deal with extremely volatile demand, a global shortage of manufacturing capacity, growing lead times and scarce supply. The company selected JDA's solutions to achieve a quick return on its technology investment, such as better alignment of day-to-day inventory plans with top-level goals and the ability to set highly customized inventory strategies. It realized the following results:

• Improved alignment of day-to-day inventory plans with top-level goals
• Ability to govern products by a set of highly customized inventory strategies
• Provide guidance on over- and under-utilized resources and long-term capacity requirements
• Supports the company's sales and operations planning processes
• Ability to re-plan the business in an economic upturn or downturn
• Improved decision-making abilities

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