ASML, the computer chip giant that’s key in the tech war between the US and China

They absolutely refuse to close out about half of their POs, they just leave them in final fulfilled status, but never close them. Makes it a nightmare to try and maintain a clean "Open PO" data feed.

Spent a year trying to get them to just close the POs. Got run around half the world. No results.

They also have this habit of getting people to accept orders directly through email via excel spreadsheets instead of submitting proper POs.

This leads to different segments of the company flying blind and constantly clashing with eachother when trying to set global demand drives.

They also use Ariba as their vendor portal, which if you have ever tried to do a deep dive into ANID number relationship management, you know that Ariba requires extensive collaboration on both Vendor and Client side to keep the framework from becoming a knotted mess.

They don't have any particularly present Ariba collaboration.

All in all, in my current position, I have dealt with ASML and many of their competitors. LAM is by far the nicest to work with. ASML has been one of the most frustrating to work with while getting the least accomplished.

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I knew China got those letters mixed up, but I fail to see how my sleep aid can make computer chips
ASML is HORRIBLE to work with.
They are some of the most shady, disorganized, uncooperative, chaotic organizations I have ever worked with.
- Can you elaborate? Am curious
  
  They absolutely refuse to close out about half of their POs, they just leave them in final fulfilled status, but never close them. Makes it a nightmare to try and maintain a clean "Open PO" data feed.
  Spent a year trying to get them to just close the POs. Got run around half the world. No results.
  They also have this habit of getting people to accept orders directly through email via excel spreadsheets instead of submitting proper POs.
  This leads to different segments of the company flying blind and constantly clashing with eachother when trying to set global demand drives.
  They also use Ariba as their vendor portal, which if you have ever tried to do a deep dive into ANID number relationship management, you know that Ariba requires extensive collaboration on both Vendor and Client side to keep the framework from becoming a knotted mess.
  They don't have any particularly present Ariba collaboration.
  All in all, in my current position, I have dealt with ASML and many of their competitors. LAM is by far the nicest to work with. ASML has been one of the most frustrating to work with while getting the least accomplished.