Strategic vulnerability
According to the investigated companies, most of the time this
kind of vulnerability appears when there is a “new model
introduction” (during program launch) and some failures
happen with the project management plan.
Poor-quality goods supplied were identified as one major
problem for the electronic industry. Most of the electronic
companies that have quality assurance from its Asian’s
suppliers do not need to inspect the goods 100 percent and as
a result, the defective parts are detected during production
time. As a countermeasure, the quality control department is
called and the production line is stopped until some corrective
action (re-work) is taken.
Sometimes, re-work is needed to solve the problem. Of
course there is also the problem of production delay, but it
can be settled later, as one manager from one investigated
company suggested. When the problems are not simple, the
parts are scraped and the production is postponed until the
arrival of a new shipment.