The high-tech industry faces numerous supply chain challenges, including disrupted networks, longer lead times and the need for efficient coordinated operations. Leading manufacturers turn to GEP for an optimized supply chain strategy to address these issues, leveraging our expertise in innovation management, contract manufacturing and strategic factory placement. GEP SMART, our unified procurement software and source-to-pay platform, enhances capabilities across new product introduction, advanced forecasting and omnichannel retail operations.
Driving Excellence for the High-Tech Industry
Our Approach
As a trusted partner of global high-tech manufacturers, GEP provides end-to-end assessment tools and strategic frameworks to identify gaps and value to develop a supply chain strategy and operating model.
Our suite of analytics helps clients develop business cases and quantify opportunities. We develop end-to-end business architectures for key supply chain capabilities such as planning, forecasting, order management, production, logistics, warehousing and post-sales services.
Clients choose us for our deep experience in driving excellence in production operations and contract manufacturing, auditing key supply chain capabilities and provisioning the supply chain for rapid new product introductions.
Our Solutions
Our supply chain experts have worked extensively in the high-tech space — with OEMs and carriers and on the aftermarket and the services side. Our wide footprint in sourcing and procurement gives us a deep understanding of high tech. We have established market offerings designed to transform high tech supply chains help restructure supply chains and build resilience. We offer:
- Supply chain network optimization
- Supply chain digitization of key capabilities
- Integrated planning – S&OP and IBP
- Demand and supply planning
- Inventory planning and optimization
- Warehousing and transportation
- Supply chain risk management
- Supply chain technology assessment and roadmap
- Aftermarket and services optimization
Our Track Record
GEP goes beyond conventional support to encompass the entire spectrum of supply chain management in the high-tech industry, focusing on reducing total cost of ownership and enhancing competitive advantage. Below are key examples of how we have empowered leading high-tech companies to achieve significant gains:
- Identified opportunity to gain $13 million-$20 million in annualized benefits for a global CDN company by providing supply chain assessment, supply chain network design and supply chain technology evaluation and selection.
- Created global sourcing support, contract and tail-spend management program for a leading semiconductor manufacturer, delivering up to 11% savings on addressable spend, with projects executed for spend worth more than $500 million, and driving technology adoption on new system.
High-Tech Giants Count on GEP to Achieve Amazing Results
$10M
In Freed Up Working Capital
27
Enhanced supply chain processes
3
Inventory hubs, simplifying buying and inventory operations worldwide for global tech leader
Industry insights
GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025
How To Build Resilience Without Losing the Benefits of Just-In-Time Inventory
How To Avoid the Pitfalls of Contract Management in Telecom and High-Tech
Transforming Supply Chains for Higher Performance and Resiliency
