Case Study: Fairchild Semiconductors achieves rapid recovery and improved supply-chain agility with Blue Yonder

Fairchild Semiconductor Leverages Blue Yonder Solutions to Quickly Recover From the Economic Downturn

Fairchild Semiconductor, a major designer of power management, signal-path and logic semiconductors with a roughly $1.5B run rate, faced a sharp rebound in demand after the 2008–09 downturn that strained capacity and lengthened lead times. The company struggled with volatile demand, scarce supply and margin pressure as mobile and computing technologies accelerated product introductions and shortened lifecycles.

Fairchild adopted JDA’s hosted supply chain suite — including Inventory Optimization, Scenario Analyzer, Demand Planner, Order Promiser and Supply Chain Planner — and was live in under 100 days. The solutions standardized S&OP planning, enabled customized inventory strategies and rapid what‑if scenario modeling, producing leaner inventory, earlier detection of demand shifts (four to six weeks sooner), better capacity guidance and improved decision making to protect margins while supporting growth.

Fairchild Semiconductors

Kevin Chynoweth

SVP of Supply Chain Management