Question

Research and discuss the Qualcomm supply chain capabilities?Explain minimum three Discussion point on company's supply chain capabilities?

Answer 1

QUALCOMM Technologies Inc. is one of the renowned providers of wireless communication technology and thus it is all about being in that network. If we g through the website of Qualcomm it is apparent that they have well incorporated this aspects of networking and connectivity with its suppliers also so as to ensure that all their suppliers are working on a substantial basis. And this includes the manufacturers and suppliers of processors, modems and all the other components produced and distributed by the company. With all this the success rate of the company’s supply chain is much above the industry average and with a proper aligned and managed process at the headquarters they have one of the best supply chain team in the industry.

And the major aim of the company in teaming with their suppliers is to achieve their sustainable goals is what the company stipulates in their website.

Three discussion points on companies supply chain capabilities would be as follows:

1. Respecting the human rights:

Here, Qualcomm prohibits human trafficking, child labor and all such globally prohibited activities in their operations and contemplates their suppliers also do the same. They also ensure the recruitment of the labor from authorized and audited agencies so as to ensure the proper hiring procedures.

When Qualcomm establishes these policies and procurers not just in their entities but also in the partnering suppliers, they are capable on a large scale to influence and ensure the rights being served to the people who also work in a large number of other entities. This would also allow those entities to have the necessary knowledge and such standards maintenance in hand.

2. Sourcing minerals responsibly:

Qualcomm follows conflict free mineral policy and a system designed in accordance with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) due diligence framework to identify, source and assess the risks associated in the supply chain. Here the company again is protecting the right of many lives and providing them with the right value as they are not relying on the unethical sources for procuring the valuable minerals which even include gold for the production of different circuits and the like.

3. Protecting the environment:

This is the next best thing in the supply chain that is done by the company as they themselves and along with their suppliers ensures that they adhere with the environmental law and the various environmental issues. And while selecting their suppliers for semiconductors they ensure that they are ISO 14001- certified. They have also taken the necessary actions to study about the water levels and the risks for the same arising from their operations and their supply chain. There are initiatives taken for greenhouse gas emissions also.

When you read the above it can be understood that many companies today engine in this kind of initiatives and put efforts. But the difference that is bought in by Qualcomm is the including of their suppliers and the whole supply chain in all these protection policies and initiatives have increased the impact of what they are doing and this is the real capability that all the companies today hold.