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www.converge.com
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
DISTRIBUTION
Trusted provider of
supply chain solutions,
resolving material shortage
setbacks through experienced
sourcing of obsolete, end-of-life,
and hard-to-find components.
Unexpected Changes. Reliable Results.
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Expect the Unexpected. Trust Converge.
The market is driven by unexpected
changes. Converge delivers reliable results.
As the premier global supply chain part-
ner for technology-driven companies and
an independent distributor of electronic
components, Converge is able to leverage
its unique market insight to meet even the
most demanding sourcing requirements.
We complement your existing supply
channels with our extensive electronic
components distribution services and
market expertise. With more than 35 years
of experience, we have established the
broadest, deepest, and most dependable
electronic components distribution
network in the world. That means we can
help you capitalize on opportunities in the
spot market to bridge supply gaps, reduce
costs, manage inventory, and speed time
to market.
Expertise to Resolve Your Material Shortages
Our services cover the full range of electronic component parts, from integrated circuits and semiconductors to memory, storage, and more. With our global reach and diverse product line, you are guaranteed rapid fulfillment, competitive pricing, discreet processes, and rigorous quality process.
Our expertise extends to even the most demanding markets, such as high reliability (transportation, medical, military/defense, and aero-space), which requires rugged, reliable electronics that are often expected to operate in harsh conditions such as extreme temperatures, shock, vibration, moisture, dust, and dirt. With Converge – and our trusted global OEM and EMS community – you can move quickly and discreetly to source constrained components before a shortage situation adversely affects your production line.
Flexible Excess Inventory Management Solutions
Managing excess inventory is key to any supply chain cost-avoidance model. But excess inventory loses recovery value quickly, so speed is of the essence.
We offer OEMs and ODMs flexible supply chain processes to help reduce costs, increase returns, and drive recovery revenue – all within a full suite of solutions that are competitive, sustainable, and scalable in virtually any situation.
Converge’s excess inventory management solutions include:
• Quickly turning surplus components and finished systems into recovered value
• Meeting all global environmental compliance standards
• Flexible purchasing solutions
• Established reputation
• Rigorous quality inspection
• Global footprint and integrated systems to match supply and demand
Material Shortages
Excess Inventory
Expect the Unexpected. Trust Converge.
Our worldwide team of account executives is your direct link to everything Converge has to offer. By providing the highly responsive, one-on-one support you expect and deserve, they ensure that your working relationship with Converge is smooth, productive, and profitable – in short, everything a true business partnership should be.
Supporting our account teams, our outstanding logistics and fulfillment teams orchestrate timely domestic and international shipments while closely monitoring product quality. Shipping and customs requirements are reviewed for every order to maximize value and speed product to your door.
A True Global Foundation for Your Sourcing Needs
With over 35 years of global supply chain sourcing experience, we offer the most complete and comprehensive distribution network of any independent electronic component distributor and supplier in the world.
Converge provides a true global foundation for your sourcing needs. With major trading hubs in Peabody, Massachusetts, USA; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Singapore, our global footprint of trading partners covers Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Our firsthand experience with local cultures and customers and our knowledge of local languages translate into greater market access for you. Our advanced, integrated trading system and our account teams are able to provide around-the-clock support – around the world.
Flexible Purchasing Solutions for Value Recovery
We will design and implement a solution that will maximize your value recovery and velocity while adhering to global environmental compliance standards. We can implement flexible solutions to meet your specific purchasing needs:
• Outright buy program – We purchase your excess and obsolete inventory and remarket it through our global sales channels.
• Consignment program – We partner with you to take “consignment” of excess inventory and then remarket it through our global sales channels, with proceeds returned through a mutually agreed-upon shared revenue program.
• Demand opportunity – Converge provides the quickest time to market while clients maintain possession of their inventory throughout the sales process. Features include a global infrastructure, marketing expertise, and demand creation through our established end-user customer network.
Unique Target Market Approach
To maximize asset value recovery, we utilize a unique, in-depth, targeted marketing approach. Our dedicated teams of professionals leverage our preferred status with top-tier OEM, EMS, and repair depots to target market segments that have a demand for your product. We consult with your team on options to maximize your total asset value recovery and velocity, all while minimizing overall risk.
The Toughest Team in the Business – Yours
Our expertise is yours. Our global team of expert traders, commodity managers, and account executives provides the skilled support and dedicated customer service it takes to meet your toughest procurement challenges.
Our highly experienced traders have the knowledge, dedication, tools, and market savvy to solve even the most demanding supply chain sourcing needs.
Our global commodity managers are distribution specialists with unique market insight. They identify and analyze supply trends at both the global and regional level to provide intelligence on potential shortages and visibility into potential procurement opportunities.
Excess Inventory
Global
Put Our Market Intelligence to Work – for You
Our global electronic component experts identify and analyze supply trends throughout the world to provide actionable intelligence on potential shortages as well as prospective procurement opportunities. Our experts closely track:
• Pricing – Providing insight into market prices around the world
• Liquidity – Tracking global market conditions to gauge product liquidity
• Quality – Monitoring the global market for potential product quality issues
• Price negotiations – Monitoring market developments that could affect future pricing conditions
• Market making – Creating market opportunities for oversupply of product
• Forecasting – Reviewing buying and ordering patterns of major suppliers to identify possible oversupply/shortage market issues
• Vendor relationships – Utilizing market knowledge to influence, monitor, negotiate, and manage vendor relationships
• Alternative channels – Assisting in resolving possible channel conflict by providing access to markets in other parts of the world
Integrated Systems for World-Class Sourcing and Inventory Management
We have invested more in data management and analysis systems than any other independent distributor in the world. With our proprietary Q-Trade CRM system, our traders have faster and more accurate access to supply and demand information than any of our direct competitors.
Converge’s Q-Trade system includes:
Global Visibility System (GVS) – By cross-referencing millions of manufactured parts with the internal part numbers used by thousands of manufacturers around the world, our GVS can identify potential customers for your excess inventory – or potential sources to meet your component needs.
Master Parts Reference (MPR) – With over 7 million unique industry-standard electronic component part numbers, our proprietary MPR system delivers the most accurate search results possible, allowing our team to identify, quote, negotiate, and execute transactions with maximum speed and accuracy.
Converge AutoMatch™ – Based on your preferences for price and quantity, this system continuously monitors customer supply and demand requirements to identify trading opportunities and notify you of an opportunity. AutoMatch substantially improves productivity while dramatically reducing unit costs.
Consignment Visibility System (CVS) – Lets you view and manage excess inventory consigned to Converge via one centralized hub.
Proprietary Software – Identifies the best procurement and surplus opportunities in the marketplace for our customers. The enhanced automated analytics and added filters continuously monitor for improved matching probability and increased visibility to market.
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Q360 Quality Management Program “Perfection is the standard”
Q360 is an all-encompassing quality management program that includes a quality control and inspection process. It starts with secure sourcing through our extensive, global vendor management program with trusted, established suppliers ensuring timely access to high-quality components. It continues as our certified engineers put components through rigorous inspections and testing in our state-of-the-art in-house facilities, with a disciplined approach that helps us stay ahead of the counterfeiting curve.
Quality control audits are scheduled to ensure that every product handled by Converge meets the most stringent quality requirements in the industry. The result being that orders are delivered on spec and on time.
At Converge, quality is the fundamental ingredient of our success as an organization and an inherent part of our culture and philosophy. That’s why we obsess over quality, so you never need to.
Our zero-tolerance Q360 quality inspection program includes:
• A Comprehensive Incoming Inspection Process
• Excess Inventory Inspection
• Discrepancy Process
Our objective is simple: to reduce risk in your electronic component supply chain while facilitating productivity to increase your bottom line. That’s why so many technology-driven companies have chosen to make Converge their premier supply chain partner.
Stringent Testing Services
To virtually eliminate risk, we provide expert product testing for incoming and outgoing products. Our staff of highly qualified and certified quality engineers, state-of-the-art in-house testing equipment, and extensive secure network of certified third-party laboratories/facilities provide a level of product testing that is unmatched in the industry.
Vendor-Management Program
You can rest assured that your product is procured from safe and reputable sources. We thoroughly screen and continuously monitor all vendors based on our supplier scorecard that includes product quality history, performance and service fulfillment, stock supply/ demand, and order history information. We also run Dun & Brad-street reports and ERAI screenings for independent third-party verification.
Continual Training
Our component quality engineers and inspectors are trained and certified to the rigorous IDEA - ICE 3000 inspector’s certification program. They are also skilled in our industry-leading Q360 inspection process, which includes the IDEA 1010 standard. We also provide continual training to keep our inspectors and component quality engineers up to date on the latest manufacturing trends, industry best practices, and new counterfeiting techniques.
Quality Control Audits
Armed with methodologies and assessment strategies from world-class organizations, along with international quality standards, we have established internal quality processes and inspections that are at the forefront of quality control management.
Quality
Perfection is the standard.
REGISTRATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Our portfolio of industry-leading international quality and environmental certifications reflects our commitment to quality performance at every level:
• ISO 9001 registered: Quality management system standard
• ISO 14001 registered: Environmental management system standard
• AS9120 registered: Quality management system standards for aerospace and defense industries
• AS6081 registered: Fraudulent/Counterfeit Electronic Parts: Avoidance, Detection, Mitigation, and Disposition
• Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime Qualified Suppliers List of Distributors (QSLD)
• OHSAS 18001 registered: Occupational health and safety management system specification
• ANSI ESD S20.20 registered: Electrostatic discharge control program standard
• TAPA: Transport Asset Protection Association
To ensure our adherence to government and industry association best practices, our affiliation program includes:
• C-TPAT: Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
• ERAI: Membership
• GIDEP: Government Industry Data Exchange Program
• COG: Component Obsolescence Group (Deutschland e.V.)
• Commercial and Government Entity Code: CAGE Code#: 3WQZ6
• IDEA: Independent Distributors of Electronics Association
• IPC Membership: Association Connecting Electronics Industries
The Americas
Global Headquarters
4 Technology Drive
Peabody, MA 01960
+1-978-538-8000
+1-800-922-6327
EMEA
Coengebouw 7th Floor
Kabelweg 37
1014 BA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
+31 (20) 582-6200
Asia Pacific
20 Toh Guan Road
#06-00 CJ Korea Express Building
Singapore 608839
+65-67998088
CONVERGE HEADQUARTER LOCATIONS
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ESD S20.20Registered
ESD Control Program
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Counterfeit Parts Program