Distribution Channel Management (DCM)

Value Proposition

The business area promoting standardised system to system information exchange between trading partners in distribution channels.
Besides B2B technical and business process standardization this task group evaluates Industry Best Practise and promotes Global Industry Standard B2B solutions covering:

• Data quality / accuracy of information exchanged between trading partners in distribution channels

• Design Registration business process

• Quoting business process

• Collaborative Forecasting and Inventory Management business process - within Distribution Channel (in coordination with FIM)

• Distribution End Customer Backlog and Shipment Receipt reporting business process

• (Distribution Sales) Lead Management and expansion of CRM functionalities

• Distribution Single Point of Purchase business process

• End-Customer identification

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12 Month Road Map

• Global distribution Supply Chain Optimization activities
• DCM Business Model guideline Update to include references to OAGIS BoDs

Expected deliverables

Member companies

• Arrow
• Avnet
• Cisco
• Fairchild Semiconductor
• Freescale Semiconductor
• National Semiconductor
• NXP Semiconductors
• STMicroelectronics
• Texas Instruments

Meetings

• Monthly conference calls starting  10 AM CET- 1st Friday of the month
• F-t-F meetings adjacent to quarterly Plenary meetings

Chairman / Contact

Juergen Linkens, Freescale Semiconductor

Juergen Linkens is actively involved in EDIFACT and RosettaNet implementations. He has been working as systems/business analyst for more than 20 years, with a strong background in Distribution Sales & Marketing systems. Prior to joining Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola SPS) in 1992, he worked for BRZ Bank, DG Bank Bayern and Hitachi Semiconductor  Desk: +49-89-92103-480 juergen.linkens@freescale.com