Future Electronics has the largest worldwide installed customer base of electronic commerce and automated inventory replenishment programs in the electronics industry. As a response to our customers’ ever growing need to address perpetually rising material acquisition costs, the FIRST® program was developed.
The supply chain experts of FIRST® are in an excellent position to assist you in designing a high performance material management program tailored to the unique needs of your company. In addition, you can dramatically shorten your JIT and electronic commerce learning curve by taking advantage of our experience and resources.
Future Supply Services:
Material Management Programs
- Bonded inventory
- EC-based auto replenishment
- FIRSTLink™ supply chain management
- Internet-based supply chain solutions
- MRP schedule sharing
- JIT services
- EDI or consolidated billing
E-Commerce Capabilities
- Standard EDI transactions
- Customer specific data formats
- Standard data networks
- FIRSTLink™ material management
- XML support
Customer Advisory Services
- Strategic guidance
- Operation review & assessment
- Implementation support
Software Product Development
- FIRST® graphical user interface
- FIRST® V5 release management
- FIRST® V6 Web-based release management
- Handheld portable scanning devices (Palm, Pocket PC)
FIRSTLink™ Inventory Replenishment Systems
- Historical sales vs Forecast analysis
- Bonded Inventory Management
- Release from Bonded Inventory
- FIRSTLink™ material management
Installation and User Support
- Supply chain software configuration
- Value added network (VAN) support
- Internet support
- FIRST® program manager support team
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