Customer example
Keeping specialist scientific systems supplied.
Sourcing and scheduled component supply for a life sciences business building specialist scientific systems for resale.
- Graphics cards
- High-performance, to the specified model
- Memory
- To the specification approved for the build
- Customer
- A life sciences business building specialist scientific systems for resale
- Requirement
- High-performance graphics cards and memory
- Keyzone's role
- Sourcing, agreed stockholding and supply in batches
The requirement
Specialist systems, built for resale
The customer builds specialist scientific systems for its own customers. High-performance graphics cards and memory are central to their specification.
Once a component has been approved into the build, it needs to stay consistent from one system to the next.
The challenge
When component availability becomes a constraint
Components of this kind are not always readily available. Supply changes over time, and a part that was straightforward to obtain can become harder to find.
For a business whose own product depends on those parts, limited availability is a potential risk to planned builds and the schedules agreed with its own customers.
What Keyzone does
Source, hold, release in batches
- 01
Source
- The components the customer has specified, to that specification
- Through manufacturer and distributor relationships, to find viable supply routes
- Any alternative raised for the customer's approval rather than substituted
- 02
Hold
- An agreed quantity of stock held against the customer's requirement
- 03
Release
- Supplied in batches rather than as a single delivery
- The customer kept informed on lead times as they change
How the arrangement works
Component supply lined up with planned builds
The practical purpose is straightforward: bring component supply into line with the builds the customer has planned, so each build can go ahead with the components it needs.
The components covered, the quantity held and the release schedule are agreed between Keyzone and the customer, and reviewed as the requirement changes. Batches are released against that agreement.
Step 1: Your enquiry
Tell us what you need, the quantities and your timescales
Step 2: One account manager
Takes ownership of the requirement from the start
Step 3: Prices and availability
Supplier prices and stock positions compared
Step 4: Quotation and approval
Honest lead times, ordered only once you approve
Step 5: Delivery and after-sales
Orders followed through to arrival, with your account manager there for after-sales support
Step 6: Agreed stock, where relevant
Held and released in batches to your schedule
For a similar enquiry
What we would ask you
- The exact parts, models and any revision you have approved
- Quantities per build and how often the requirement repeats
- Your planned build dates and any fixed customer commitments
- Whether any substitutes are approved, or the specification is fixed
- How much stock you would want held and how batches should be released
- Who on your side receives delivery updates and after-sales contact
Questions
Common questions
Similar requirements
Building systems that depend on specified components?
If your product relies on particular graphics cards, memory or other components, and you want to plan supply around your build schedule, we would be glad to talk. Arrangements of this kind are agreed individually.
Next step
Discuss a similar supply requirement
Tell us which components your builds depend on and how your schedule works. We will discuss suitable sourcing and supply options.