GSA innovation and productivity survey

Key Success Metrics

GSA believes innovation and productivity define successful semiconductor companies. Therefore, it’s critical for outsourcing companies to be able to measure key success indicators (KSIs) and be able to benchmark themselves to industry peers so they can identify areas of performance and dollar improvement.

To enable this, GSA developed a series of nine high-level KSIs that analyze the impact of design practices on revenue, time-to-market and profit under the guidance of leading public companies in the industry.

GSA believes that by establishing these metrics and collecting quarterly data over time, trends will become apparent and semiconductor companies can better understand the qualities of successful, profitable companies – how they utilize their R&D dollars, how many new products they develop with that R&D investment, how they reduce time-to-market windows and eliminate additional spins, etc.

These KSIs, or “dashboard” metrics, are designed to highlight innovative practices and demonstrate strong productivity measures of outsourcing companies, creating a measurable pathway to innovative practices from a senior management, top-down approach. These metrics will become the long-term substance for articulating evolutionary industry adaptations for continued success in an ever-complicated and fast-paced industry.

Benchmark Data – What the Trends Mean

GSA will survey all outsourcing semiconductor companies (public and private) quarterly to develop this trend-based data. Understanding the relationship between these ratios and their impact on time-to-market, revenue, and, ultimately, profitability, is key to the long-term growth and continued innovation in this industry. The data will highlight success metrics upon which benchmarks can be created to enable outsourcing companies to better understand and adapt to the new rules of evaluation developed in the past five to six years. Data collected in these surveys will help establish a solid format for documenting trends showing what the industry can expect in the future if it continues on the current path.

KSIs are Significantly Interrelated

Increasing Revenue KSIs will result from reducing Time-to-Market KSIs.  Profit KSIs will be positively impacted by the combination of efficient R&D expenditures, Revenue KSIs and improvements to Time-to–market KSIs.

Strict Confidentiality

All data is collected, audited and aggregated by Grant Thornton LLP to ensure respondent confidentiality requirements.

Pricing & Availability

Participants will receive a complimentary advance copy of the survey results. All outsourcing semiconductor companies – GSA members and non-members – are encouraged to participate.

Non-participating member companies and member supplier companies may purchase the report for $1,500. Non-members will not have access to the analysis report unless they participate.

For More Information

To learn more and participate in the survey, please contact Kristen Pillans, kpillans@gsaglobal.org.