We highlighted the problem already clearly during our call this Wednesday but I say it again just to make sure it clear in the hope MMT will come up with structural changes to avoid the same story in 2016.
QTR end seems to be a problem situation every time again although this should be perfectly avoidable. Typical scenario:
• Our planning team sends a list upfront mentioning which WIP and near future loadings need to be shipped out by when to meet our revenue.
o This is to make it possible for MMT to review it upfront, take actions up front to meet it and to raise concerns upfront to ON if it’s not achievable for some reason.
• Each time MMT’s says it will meet all requests
• A couple of weeks later ON notes some lots are not moving fast enough and asks MMT if they are really confident they will deliver in time
• Then MMT says it will review it and soon after MMT comes to the conclusion it cannot meet all our revenue requests.
• From that point on we are already beyond the point of no return and are forced to sacrifices some lineitems so against our will we will make priorities just to minimize the damage (as full recovery is already impossible at that moment)
The point here is that MMT needs to be proactive and always fully review situations rather than quickly saying “yes, we can”.
Because once we reach the point of no return, everyone (both On and MMT) will just get frustrated due to all the overhead… as it becomes simply impossible to still meet all requirements. We can push all engineers at that moment but it’s unfair to them as they try the best they can.
So please, please, .. fix this structural issue for once and for all.