Emergency supply of 847 non-PRC-dependent components for serial radar production
Large manufacturing enterprise (Russia)
«We needed to ramp up serial production of a next-generation radar. The issue: 847 BOM line items were either on the sanctions list or had a sole supplier in China. We had 45 days before the line shut down. Standard suppliers quoted 120–180 days.»
Parallel sourcing from 23 suppliers instead of 1–2
Rather than sequentially contacting the usual vendors, we split the BOM into seven component clusters and ran parallel negotiations with 23 suppliers across nine countries. Sourcing time dropped from the typical 4–6 weeks to 8 days.
Alternative qualification for part of the BOM
For one-third of the line items we found alternatives with a wider temperature range (−60…+150 °C vs. −40…+125 °C) that were not in the original spec but fully met the electrical requirements. This expanded the qualified supplier pool more than 3×.
Pre-booking inventory at Singapore warehouses
For 156 long-lead items we reserved stock at regional Singapore warehouses before negotiations closed, gaining a 14-day logistics head start.
«38 days instead of 120 — and that was across 847 line items. The line never stopped. For the first time in three years we received a complete BOM without deviation approvals on every third item.»