Electronics Digital Thread
Smart Electronics Manufacturing
Smart manufacturing for electronics transforms your factory, streamlining operations to tackle supply chain uncertainties and resource constraints. Boost efficiency, improve quality, and enhance predictability to reduce costs and lead times while ensuring on-time delivery.
What is smart manufacturing for electronics?
Smart manufacturing digitally integrates electronics production by connecting design, factory processes, and material flow to streamline operations. This boosts efficiency, reduces costs, and improves quality throughout the production lifecycle. Stay agile and competitive in the fast-paced electronics industry by quickly adapting to market shifts.
Accelerate electronics manufacturing
Manufacturers must adapt quickly to market and consumer demands. Digital solutions and low-code platforms help streamline processes, reduce time-to-market and cut costs. Learn how these technologies enable agile responses to industry trends and drive innovation in the fast-paced electronics sector.
Quality delivery performance and more
"Our mission is 100% quality, 100% delivery performance and 100% waste-free," says Bernd Schmid, plant manager at Siemens MF-K. "That means we want to manufacture our products with as few resources as possible." (Siemens MF-K)
Trends reshape the industry
“The only solution was digitalization,” says Franco Oliaro, CEO of ROJ. “Quality and speed, that is the challenge. The world is moving to extreme customization. For mass customization, you definitely need digitalization.” (ROJ)
Saved in production costs
Electrolux achieved 30% faster time to market and 100% factory digitalization, demonstrating how virtual problem-solving can significantly reduce production time and costs. (Electrolux)
Streamline electronics manufacturing processes
From electronics (PCB) and mechanical design to advanced manufacturing flows, accelerate your operations by leveraging three paths of digital transformation.
Optimized product layout leverages digital modeling to design and refine factory environments, maximizing efficiency and resource utilization. This approach enables virtual testing of different configurations to:
- Optimize use of factory space
- Reduce manual operations
- Lower energy consumption
- Increase capital resource utilization
- Simulate new production conditions
Integrated processing plan is a comprehensive approach to manufacturing process management that streamlines the authoring, analysis and communication of assembly procedures across the entire enterprise. Key benefits include:
- Standardization of assembly processes across multiple plants
- Creation of detailed work instructions
- Performance of time analysis and production line balancing
- Programming of various production lines (SMT, THT, inspection, test)
- Efficient integration of planning and production phases
Real-time visibility provides comprehensive, instantaneous oversight and control of global manufacturing operations. This system integrates intelligent production technologies to:
- Track production in real-time across multiple facilities
- Deliver prompt notifications of arising issues
- Enhance planning and delivery of diverse products
- Identify and address problems, correlations and trends early
- Optimize material flow and reduce waste
Improve electronics manufacturing
Reduction new product introduction
Using Valor Process Preparation software and creating a comprehensive digital twin for each process step, ROJ reduced their new product introduction time by over 40 percent through fast setup and simple process preparation.
(ROJ)
Accelerated stencil preparation
Using Valor Process Preparation software speed up your stencil data generation. This, coupled with a 10% faster SMT process and more accurate BOM quotes, enabled BMK to handle increased NPI/ECO projects efficiently. (BMK)
Reduced costs of defects
Implementing Opcenter and Valor software enables closed-loop quality control for Scanfil, improving productivity by over 10%, increasing speed by 40% and enhancing setup changeovers in high-mix, low-volume production. (Scanfil)
Siemens Rastatt
Using AOI false call reduction software increases first pass yield by 42 percent
Company:Siemens Rastatt
Industry:Electronics, Semiconductor devices
Location:Rastatt, Germany
Siemens Software:Opcenter APS, Opcenter Intelligence for On Premises
One of the big advantages of Opcenter AOI FCR is that it is a SaaS solution that significantly reduces the effort on our side. It was completely ready to be integrated into our AOI machines. It took less than 12 weeks to go from the first discussions to the start of commissioning. Twelve weeks later we started the operation phase successfully.
Smart manufacturing resource library
Discover how smart manufacturing transforms electronics production. Explore our comprehensive resource library to learn about integrating design, optimizing factory processes and streamlining material flow. Gain insights and find solutions to adapt swiftly to market demands and maintain competitiveness in the dynamic electronics industry.
Integrated electronics manufacturing solutions
Manufacturing process planning
Manufacturing execution management
Production planning and scheduling
Quality management
Industrial IoT
Application platform development
Frequently asked questions
A smart factory leverages a diverse array of cutting-edge technologies to optimize manufacturing processes and enhance productivity. At its core, the Internet of Things (IoT) connects machines, devices and systems, enabling real-time data collection and communication. This interconnected network is complemented by advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), which process vast amounts of data to derive actionable insights and enable predictive maintenance. Cloud computing provides the necessary infrastructure for data storage and processing, while edge computing allows for faster, localized decision-making. Robotics and automation, including collaborative robots (cobots), streamline repetitive tasks and improve precision. Digital twin technology creates virtual replicas of physical assets, facilitating simulation and optimization. Additive manufacturing (3D printing) enables rapid prototyping and customized production. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) enhance worker training and provide real-time guidance. Cybersecurity measures protect these interconnected systems from threats. Together, these technologies form the backbone of a smart factory, enabling unprecedented levels of efficiency, flexibility and quality in manufacturing operations.
Our smart manufacturing solutions offer transformative benefits for electronics manufacturers. By seamlessly integrating design, manufacturing and supply chain processes, you can optimize production and boost efficiency throughout your operations. These solutions help cut costs by improving resource utilization and minimizing errors while enhancing quality through real-time monitoring and data-driven control measures. You'll gain the agility to quickly adapt to market changes and customer demands and leverage data analytics for improved decision-making across the manufacturing lifecycle. Ultimately, our solutions enable you to stay competitive by keeping pace with industry advancements in the fast-paced electronics sector, driving innovation and growth in your business.
Our smart manufacturing solutions revolutionize electronics assembly through an integrated approach combining cutting-edge technologies. We employ digital twin modeling for pre-implementation optimization and advanced automation to enhance precision and speed. Internet of Things (IoT) sensors enable real-time monitoring, while AI and machine learning continuously optimize processes and predict maintenance needs.
Our cloud-based systems offer centralized control across multiple sites, improving operational visibility. We integrate supply chain management features and AI-powered quality control measures to ensure timely delivery of components and high-quality output. The system's flexibility allows quick reconfiguration for different product types, enhancing market responsiveness.
Comprehensive data analytics underpin these technologies, providing insights for data-driven decision-making. This holistic approach significantly improves efficiency, reduces errors, minimizes downtime and enhances overall product quality, enabling manufacturers to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving industry landscape.
Our smart manufacturing solutions significantly enhance quality control in electronics manufacturing through a multi-faceted approach. At the core of our system is real-time monitoring, where IoT sensors continuously track production parameters, allowing instant detection of deviations from quality standards. This is complemented by AI-powered inspection systems, which use advanced machine vision and algorithms to perform automated, high-speed inspections with greater accuracy than traditional manual methods.
We leverage predictive analytics to analyze historical and real-time data, enabling our systems to forecast potential quality issues before they occur, thus allowing for proactive interventions. Digital twin technology creates virtual models of the production process, helping to identify and resolve quality concerns in a simulated environment before they impact physical production.
Our solutions also provide end-to-end traceability, making it easier to isolate and address the root causes of quality issues. This is further enhanced by adaptive process control, where machine learning algorithms continuously optimize production parameters to maintain consistent quality across varying conditions.
Underpinning all these technologies are comprehensive analytics tools that provide insights for data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement of quality control processes. By integrating these advanced technologies, our smart manufacturing solutions help electronics manufacturers significantly reduce defect rates, improve product consistency and enhance overall quality assurance processes.