Supply Chain
Risk Assessment

We monitor and address myriad potential supply chain risks, from natural disasters to financial vulnerability to human rights infractions.

Profiling and managing the relative risks of each of our strategic suppliers allow us to ensure a resilient supply chain able to support continuous production and product delivery to our customers, while upholding industry and Micron standards relating to sustainability.

As a check on this process, we maintain a compliance hotline for the reporting of violations in our supply chain. We also offer training: In 2018, Micron implemented a training program that focused on responsibilities and expectations for our suppliers, and more than 1,100 supplier representatives were trained.

Micron performs a supplier risk assessment that aligns with our own Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the RBA code of conduct. In addition, we expect all suppliers to be able to provide evidence of compliance with the following:

  • An annual RBA self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ) for a company’s headquarters and all facilities or Micron’s sourcing compliance assessment (SCA)
  • An RBA audit or equivalent for any facility identified as high-risk
  • U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  • U.K. Bribery Act
  • California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010
  • U.K. Modern Slavery Act of 2015
  • An updated conflict minerals reporting template (CMRT) in case of addition of any new smelter or change of status of existing smelters
  • Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), updated and provided every six months or as any product change requires
  • Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), updated and provided every 12 months or as any product change requires
  • CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project)
  • A sustainability/corporate social responsibility or equivalent report

Micron requests that suppliers provide transparency through supply visibility mapping and supplier assessments. Requested information includes:

  • Data points such as manufacturing locations, emergency contacts, manufacturing recovery time and locations of critical subtier suppliers
  • Business continuity processes and programs at manufacturing locations
  • Event impact notification responses associated with Micron’s supply chain
  • Programs and policies related to ethics, environment, forced labor and safety

Micron is also a part of many other companies’ supply chains. We have deep experience interacting with supply chain partners as both a supplier and a customer, and we are subject to many of the same auditing protocols as our own suppliers. In 2018, all 13 Micron manufacturing facilities earned perfect scores of 200 on RBA audits, qualifying these sites for RBA Platinum recognition.

How We Manage Risk in Our Supply Chain

Micron’s sourcing risk and compliance group oversees supply chain risk management, which includes environmental, human rights and geopolitical risks. This team continues to mature its mission of enabling a resilient, compliant and sustainable global supply chain, including new and incumbent supplier screening, assessments, investigations, risk profiling, development and auditing. Each year, members of the sourcing risk and compliance group: