To recognize capacity issues at an early stage and to take
capacity allocation and investment decisions in a timely
manner, the global demands and the available production
capacity at product group or technology level must be
made more transparent. Semiconductor suppliers must
be enabled to view the global demands of their
customers and match them to their internal production
capacity. On the other hand, automotive suppliers must
gain insight into critical capacity situations at their
suppliers’ sites to be able to initiate mitigation measures.
The great number of semiconductor products purchased
by the automotive industry and the complexity of the
production networks requires the support of a crosscompany
collaboration platform. The tasks of this
platform are to map (1) the demand for automotive
components, (2) the built-in semiconductor technology,
and (3) the available production capacity for a specific
semiconductor product. Based on this mapping, the
capacity situation for each product group and
semiconductor technology can be displayed in a KPI
(Key Performance Indicator) dashboard. This dashboard
can then be used as a basis for the capacity alignment
meetings of the supply chain partners, for investment
decisions of the semiconductor supplier, and for early
mitigation actions of the automotive supplier (e.g.
establishment of second supply source).