Flextronics – Operational Strategy

Prepared by,
Prahlad Agarwal (b09014)
 Outline
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 About the company
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 Business Segments
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 Few Operations Strategy

Flextronics
 About the company
 Founded : 1969
 Founder : Joe McKenzie
 Headquarters : Singapore
 CEO : Mike McNamara
 Industry : Electronics Manufacturing Services
 Operations : 30 countries
 Major Customers : Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, HP,
Motorola, Ericsson, Research in Motion, etc
 Website : www.flextronics.com

Flextronics
 Segments
 Automotive
 Full vertical integration
 Faster time-to-market
 Computing
 Industrial
 Infrastructure
 World class supply chain management
 Medical
 Worldwide logistics solution
 Mobile & Consumer

Flextronics
 Few Operations Strategy
 E-Sourcing
 Online collaborative environment for procurement
 Sourcing events and contract management
 Direct materials for reverse auctioning
 SEZ operations
 Saves taxes, duties and other levies by using SEZs to
manufacture its export output
 Utilizes cheap and efficient labor in cities like Chennai,
Bangalore, etc
 Industrial Park Strategy
 Plants in Hungary, Poland, Brazil and Mexico
 Supplier integration
 Suppliers are also closely established to reduce supply
delays and save procurement costs

Flextronics
 Few Operations Strategy
 Flextronics Supplier Portal (FSP)
 Next generation supply chain collaboration
solution
 Manages all supplier communications,
transactions, and processes
 Automated transmission of transactions
 Low response time with suppliers
 Provides complete history of purchase orders on
the go
 Reduces non-value added purchase costs
 Vertical Integration
 Closely aligned with upstream suppliers

Flextronics