DAZ Systems, Inc.

Giving Fabless Semiconductor Companies the Right Tools * Forecast and demand management * Supply chain visibility and subcontractor integration * Shop floor management * Revenue recognition, deferred revenue, and trade management

Few systems besides Oracle’s can deliver all the information necessary for fabless semiconductor companies. Most business enterprise and manufacturing operations remain predominately self-contained and site-specific, and neither side of the business is coordinated with the supply chain on a real-time basis. Specialized software at each “fab” will always exist, but competition will force the acceptance of a flexible, integrated information system that sees a company as a single entity worldwide.

Business Flows

DAZ Systems helps fabless semiconductor companies overcome these issues and make the move to today’s powerful Oracle enterprise resource planning (ERP) system smooth and cost effective. We help reduce the risk of implementing a comprehensive ERP system by streamlining all the implementation requirements in order to fully address the unique issues facing today’s global business environment. Whether you are starting your initial implementation, adding to your current systems, or upgrading to the latest version, let us help you make the most of your technology investment.

Key Business Processes

Forecast and demand management. Fabless semiconductor companies often sell to OEMs and distributors rather than end customers. Forecasts are received and aggregated to drive manufacturing schedules with one or more levels of subcontract manufacturers. It’s a fact that customers and distributors give you bad data and force calculations for measuring demand 60 to 90 days and beyond in advance. Oracle helps you take the guesswork out of your demand planning process by capturing demand variability early enough in the process. Oracle technology supports forecast/demand in a reverse-genealogy methodology. Formulas can be archived for review and projection.

Supply chain visibility and subcontractor integration. The supply chain for the fabless semiconductor company includes wafer fabs, assembly and test facilities, packaging, and third-party logistics providers. Information needs to be available across all entities; seamless integration is the key to having the ability to make schedule dates and commitments. Inventory management with portal access and visibility with external parties and internal outsourced tracking is part of the Oracle solution. For proper yield calculation, costing, and quantity information, this is a critical component. Oracle’s supply chain solution helps drive bottom- and top-line performance by removing communication latency and enabling real-time collaboration between trading partners across the extended supply chain. DAZ can integrate any vendor or distributor system required.

Shop floor management. Because there are multiple sources of product, and output will be binned by quality, the routings must be flexible enough to support many configurations at the component, work-in-progress, or finished goods level. Yield and costing information is altered by the binning process and must be tracked in detail. Lot and serial genealogy is provided at all levels.

Revenue recognition, deferred revenue, and trade management. Selling to distributors requires matching the types of events to financial records, such as sell-through programs, rebates that can be complex, and creative promotions. Revenue needs to be treated in its proper time bucket, for recognition, and deferred revenue must be carefully tracked and credited when due. Many fabless semiconductor companies have foreign organizations that may need multiple currencies, reporting, and financial tracking—ultimately at a consolidation level. Oracle can support these requirements.

Uniquely positioned to improve your solution in today’s dynamic marketplace with rapid implementation and success.