Partner Programs

Sanmina-SCI Partner Programs

Sanmina-SCI offers secure portal capability that provides collaboration and end-to-end functionality supporting the entire value chain as an integral partner in our customers’ manufacturing operations. Our goal is to streamline operations by offering tools for our valued partners to collaborate with Sanmina-SCI either through direct B2B connections or by access to information and functionality through this secure portal.

Some of the web-based functionality we offer includes:

Electronic Invoicing with Suppliers

As part of our overall business process improvement strategy, we are seeking to drive greater automation and efficiency in our overall Procure-to-Pay process. The goal is to increase electronic supplier collaboration and stronger supplier relationships. One of the first key areas of focus is to automate the payables process and, as part of our business process change, we will be phasing out paper invoices. We strongly believe that the adoption of electronic invoicing will prove mutually beneficial, as this is a proven and growing solution adopted by many leading companies today.

e-Invoicing with OB10 Network — For suppliers who issue manual invoices at present, we actively encourage you to issue electronic invoicing via the OB10 Network.

Some of the benefits are:

• Reduction in the time it takes to get your invoices to Sanmina-SCI
• Immediate notification of issues in submitting your invoice. This provides an opportunity for proactive resolution of problems and avoids costly follow-up
• Facilitates an improvement in payment times as correct invoices are registered in our accounts payable system without delay
• No hardware or software for you to install
• Submission of your invoices in any data format you choose, as agreed with our chosen partner, OB10

In the event that you are not already a member of the OB10 network, once you are established on the network you will be able to use OB10 to send electronic invoices to Sanmina SCI, and other customers who also receive their invoices through OB10. It is our experience that the costs you will save by eliminating the paper invoice process will more than offset fees associated with using OB10.

Traditional EDI Invoicing

Suppliers who currently electronically invoice Sanmina-SCI via traditional EDI, should continue to do so. There is no requirement to change and we continue to welcome these transactions.

Sanmina-SCI Connex^® — Our portal that provides many powerful features for real-time business collaboration over the web. Partners can easily view and exchange documents and reports, receive notifications, conduct on-line discussions and more. Each partner can be set up with a project personalized to suit their business relationship.

Sanmina-SCI Supplier Portal — Sanmina-SCI Order Management, SMI, VCI, RTF and Forecast portals are using the secure and fast collaboration suite from ICON-SCM to provide many powerful features for real-time business collaboration over the web. Partners are able to respond to requests for new purchase orders and/or requests to modify existing purchase orders quickly and easily. With Sanmina-SCI's Forecast and RTF Collaboration portal, partners are able to commit to forecasts and releases in real time, while Sanmina-SCI's SMI and VCI portals allow supplier-managed inventory and consigned-inventory arrangements to be transacted and tracked online. This comprehensive set of web-collaboration tools allow non EDI-capable suppliers to have visibility and respond to dynamic requirements in real time over the Internet.

EDI standards are supported for customers and suppliers in US-Americas, Europe and Asia. See links below for supplier guidelines. All guidelines are in PDF format.

X12 810	X12 855	Edifact DELFOR Response
X12 824	X12 856	EDI Contacts
X12 830E	X12 860	Edifact ORDRSP
X12 830 Response	X12 862	Edifact Orders
X12 846 Inbound	X12 865
X12 850	Edifact DELFOR

For more information on Sanmina-SCI Global Logistics Routing, please call 877-SANMGLO.