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Fairchild Semiconductor Centralizes Supply Chain Management Planning

Overview Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global player in the multi-market semiconductor industry, is focusing on streamlining its supply chain planning and production processes. The company faces a number of significant business challenges as it seeks to gain at least a 10 percent market share in the projected $56 billion target market segments where it competes. The company needed to take an enterprise-wide view of its strategic manufacturing and sales activities and build an integrated supply chain management system. Fairchild turned to IBM Global Services' Business Consulting Services for systems integration services and consulting expertise in advanced supply chain management. IBM Global Services' Business Consulting Services provided the business consulting services and operational expertise to ensure the successful design and implementation of the i2-based solutions.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF
Date Published	March 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Application Servers, Supply Chain Management

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