Jabil has optimized the level of communication between ourselves and our suppliers and customers, enabling each party to quickly adapt to expectations and adjust manufacturing output accordingly. Ultimately, we save significant time and money in procuring materials and processing orders.

As with our other business processes, our supply chain solutions are customized for our customers' individual needs. Our business systems independent approach to enterprise planning employs online portals connected to custom-configured B2B systems.

Through our Workcell model, customers benefit from our globally connected systems for materials management needs. Our open development strategy allows us to constantly create new capabilities to support our customers' future service offerings.

Planning

From the initial supply request through the final shipment, materials planning is one of the most tightly managed processes within Jabil. With our real-time supply chain systems, we provide world-class visibility, flexibility and response times allowing customers to react immediately to an imbalance in supply and demand conditions.

Purchasing

Through our connected, global supply chain systems, Jabil attains world-class pricing, supply flexibility and reduced inventory risk. Our local and regional purchasing teams collaborate to get the materials we need, when we need them. We continuously benchmark the market, staying on top of prices, lead times, parts availability and technology trends to maximize the impact of working capital.

Logistics

Jabil strives for the timely movement of materials in and out of our worldwide operations, identifying the most effective carriers and forwarders and maintaining ongoing visibility to shipments. We ensure world-class pricing through our transportation agreements with carriers and custom brokers. And we maintain import and export compliance, according to special foreign trade agreements and specific country requirements.