Common use of Redesigns Clause in Contracts

Redesigns. For redesigns several issues arose during the interviews, the late communication of drawings, “date changes” occur and EOL’s are not always clearly communicated. Although these are clear issues that were found at the supplier. It is impossible to come to a well understanding to what causes these issues as this department was outside the scope of the project. But it has been identified that the redesign process does disrupt the operational processes often. One of the reasons often mentioned is the late communication of the drawings. This leads to a less efficient implementation of redesigns. Using reaction times instead of lead times should make it better insightful when drawings are needed and could help to better align processes. Furthermore when EOL’s are initiated by ASML, the supplier should be notified immediately. Several suppliers commented that the orders stopped coming, but that it was never mentioned that the products was EOL. This is important as suppliers will be able to make sure no more inventory exists. Finally date changes are also very disrupting for the logistical process. It also leads to problems in ASML’s own configuration management. It is not always known which exact parts are in which operational system. This impairs the serviceability of the systems. All that can be suggested is that these should be prevented were possible. During this study another student, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, was doing his master thesis on a topic concerning the points mentioned above. As that thesis wasn’t finished during the writing of this report, his findings can’t be quoted here. But it is recommended to read his report for more deeper information and detailed improvement suggestions about this topic. Not all suppliers mentioned they were willing to share SC state information. It could nonetheless be beneficial to share this with suppliers that do want to. When these suppliers have positive experiences with sharing this information, this could lead to more suppliers wanting to share this information. But first the benefits of sharing this information should be clear. For suppliers for which it is very time consuming to share this information or remain unwilling to share this information, financial agreements could be used as creating a view of the SC state as mentioned in another section.