Global Technology Supply Chains: What they are and why you need to know about them

The Global Technology Supply Chain is an AND world! As electronic instruments and products become more complex, and more prevalent, designers are challenged to design state of the art equipment that is state of the art AND cost competitive AND environmentally responsible. In this lecture we will explore what a global technology supply chain is and how design choices engineers make during the initial product design can be optimized for a cost effective and “greener” global supply chain. We will look at the concept of “Design for Supply Chain.” Design is a series of  trade - offs and the design of a supply chain is no different. Various countries around the world have comparative advantage for certain as pects of the supply chain and designers need to be cognizant of these strengths and also the cost, risk, and enviro nmental impact tradeoffs associated with these choices. Finally, we will explore engineering jobs that are needed within the enterprise supply chain function

Speaker: Mr. Patrick Harper, VP & General Manager of Technology Supply Chain, Keysight Technologies