MSI Roles & Responsibilities

Relationship

• Develop mutual trust, mentors, relationships, including management to management with our customers and manufacturers – bringing them together for a common cause. Win / Win / Win

Sales & Marketing

• Strategic planning, tactical implementation, relationship building & demand creation. Validate potential business & customers' future technology roadmap.

Purchasing

• Create opening to target programs, negotiate pricing, contract terms, LOI and NDA.

Engineering

• Present our technology roadmap.
• Phase zero involvement.
• Assist in design specification and technology fit.
• Follow migration path – Next Gen

Program Management

• Manage and monitor customer and manufacturer mutual expectations of the PDT, APQP process, PPAP process and safe launch via action items list.

Quality

• First line of contact for quality concerns, rejects, failure analysis, 8D, 5 phase – to ensure closure and scorecard accuracy.

Manufacturing Location

• Interface, monitor, and train for proper handling and processing of manufacturers product.

Material planning

• Ensure proper planning for safe launch, Line load, lead- times, logistics, - forecast production releases, monitor significant changes, balance out of production and obsolescence risk.

Accounting

• Coordinate resolution of invoice issues.