TRADING / LOGISTICS
SIIX Began Overseas Exports of Electronic Parts 50 Years Ago
The origins of current SIIX operations lie in the commencement of exports of electronic components to the Philippines at the company’s predecessor, Sakata Shokai Co., Ltd (currently Sakata Inx Corporation), in 1957.
An abundance of large and small parts are used in electrical products and electronic equipment, and being able to procure in accordance with production plans the required quantity of all parts at the required time without lacking a single one is a great challenge in product manufacture.
This is even truer in cases of parts procurement straddling national borders when manufacturing overseas in particular. The discovery of the business opportunity of taking on this important work was the reason that we started working on electronic components in the first place.
An abundance of large and small parts are used in electrical products and electronic equipment, and being able to procure in accordance with production plans the required quantity of all parts at the required time without lacking a single one is a great challenge in product manufacture.
This is even truer in cases of parts procurement straddling national borders when manufacturing overseas in particular. The discovery of the business opportunity of taking on this important work was the reason that we started working on electronic components in the first place.
Changes in Customer Needs
In the period of more than 50 years since the start of business, the company has provided components and materials (acting as a parts procurement agent) mainly for the overseas production of OEM makers, our customers.
Initially, we delivered individual components, but customer needs have changed over the course of time to deliveries in the form of “kitting,” with the required components delivered as a kit matched to the manufacturing batch, or deliveries in a more assembled (mounted) form as circuits on substrates (contract manufacturing = EMS).
Initially, we delivered individual components, but customer needs have changed over the course of time to deliveries in the form of “kitting,” with the required components delivered as a kit matched to the manufacturing batch, or deliveries in a more assembled (mounted) form as circuits on substrates (contract manufacturing = EMS).
Towards an Age of “Making Products that Have Sold”
In recent years in particular, consumer needs have diversified and the tendency for product lifecycles to become shorter has strengthened. As a result, manufacturing is now required to respond faster to market trends than was the case previously.
Previously, manufacturing was centered on make-to-stock production, “making products that looked as though they would sell.” From that situation, manufacturers now quickly grasp the sales situation in the most advanced segments of the market, and production systems that “make products that have already sold,” which can provide products to the market in a short space of time, have continued to expand.
Naturally, there is a need for parts procurement responsive to this trend and demand has risen for new styles of logistics services such as JIT (Just in Time), which delivers components in fine detail matched to production schedules, and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory), which covers inventory management in place of the manufacturer.
Previously, manufacturing was centered on make-to-stock production, “making products that looked as though they would sell.” From that situation, manufacturers now quickly grasp the sales situation in the most advanced segments of the market, and production systems that “make products that have already sold,” which can provide products to the market in a short space of time, have continued to expand.
Naturally, there is a need for parts procurement responsive to this trend and demand has risen for new styles of logistics services such as JIT (Just in Time), which delivers components in fine detail matched to production schedules, and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory), which covers inventory management in place of the manufacturer.
SIIX TRADING and LOGISTICS Service
SIIX aims to enhance its sales and logistics network and the content of its services in accordance with such changes in the needs of customers to provide services able to respond to global manufacturing outsourcing needs from parts procurement to various kinds of logistics services such as kitting, JIT and VMI, etc., and EMS (manufacturing).