R.H. Technologies Achieves 80% Downtime Reduction Using Mentor Graphics Valor Manufacturing System Solution Software for End-...
23 2월 2012 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the
successful adoption by R.H. Technologies, a global contract
manufacturer for advanced electronics, of the Mentor® comprehensive
Valor® MSS (Manufacturing Systems Solution) suite for printed
circuit board assembly (PCBA) manufacturing. R.H. Technologies
provides world-class turnkey services for electronic production
assemblies and systems for customers in the industrial,
telecommunications, security and medical markets. They sought a
single-source, integrated, end-to-end technology to automate its
entire manufacturing process and deployed the Mentor Graphics®
Valor MSS suite.
R.H. Technologies realized an 80% reduction in machine downtime
for material setup and verification with 50% fewer operators using
the Valor MSS suite, the industry’s only automated and scalable
platform comprised of robust software tools for each stage of the
PCBA new product introduction (NPI)-through-manufacturing process.
ERP vendors cannot provide a fully integrated end-to-end solution
from a single data source, which is a critical requirement for R.H.
Technologies. The Valor MSS suite extracts and adapts ERP system
data, providing a single data source to monitor activities from
initial order entry to the final shipment of products.
“Valor MSS is our ‘one source of truth,’ providing a single
integrated end-to-end solution throughout the entire manufacturing
process,” stated Michael Jacob, R.H. Technologies CIO and CTO. “By
providing automatic and reliable data collection from all points in
the manufacturing flow, Valor MSS delivers full traceability and
process control for maximum performance at the lowest unit
cost.”
Using the materials traceability data in the Valor MSS platform,
R.H. Technologies is more efficiently managing quality issues by
avoiding rework of unaffected boards while meeting customer
delivery commitments and saving thousands of dollars per
occurrence. Comprehensive visibility of detailed operational
metrics, such as feeders that result in component loss and require
repair, has reduced material loss by three percent and has improved
machine efficiency by reducing pickup errors.
The Valor MSS suite is designed to optimize manufacturers in the
design, planning, monitoring, control, scheduling, box build,
traceability, test, and rework processes. The Valor MSS Foundation
serves as the central hub to manage and leverage manufacturing
operational data. This centralization eliminates data redundancy
and configuration errors, establishing the backbone for process
flow interoperability.
A major feature in the new Valor MSS platform is a dramatically
improved user interface for the shop floor workers. The intuitive,
easy-to-use interface improves productivity and minimizes the time
to train new users. Process preparation and production planning are
integrated with the manufacturing floor through easier
visualization of order status by operators, including the full
integration of document delivery. The Valor MSS product also
drastically reduces the cost of ownership for customers via
simplified packaging and a new licensing platform to minimize
administrative overhead.
“Using Valor MSS, the information flow is now fluent and
errorless at all points in our manufacturing process,” stated Arnon
Sabti, engineering manager at R.H. Technologies. “I am using the
same tool for DFM, NPI and process preparation – everything is
linked to the manufacturing process to save time and eliminate
human errors.”
The Valor® MSS Quality Management tool provides automatic data
collection from R.H. Technologies’ Automated Optical Inspection
(AOI) machines, eliminating manual data collection while improving
data integrity, saving the company thousands of dollars a month.
The Valor® MSS Business Intelligence platform sends automatic
alerts when systematic problems occur, flagging real and “false
failures” found during inspection and test operations. The data
analysis feature helps R.H. find the root cause of these failures
immediately, reducing defects caused by SMT process failures by
20%, and a 5% reduction in “false failures.”
“Our comprehensive Valor MSS solution reinforces Mentor’s
reputation as the PCB design-through-manufacturing market leader,”
stated Dan Hoz, general manager of the Valor division of Mentor
Graphics. “We invested time and resources to understand how our
customers and operators interact with our software, using this
feedback to improve our new Valor MSS platform – resulting in a
superior user experience.”
Valor MSS Suite Availability
The Valor MSS product and its modules are available today, as
separate software products or as a complete end-to-end suite. The
Valor MSS suite will also be showcased at the 2012 IPC-APEX
Exhibition, February 28 to March 1, 2012 in San Diego, booth #1435.
For more information on Mentor Graphics® PCB and Valor products,
visit www.mentor.com/valor.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing
products, consulting services and award-winning support for the
world’s most successful electronic, semiconductor and systems
companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues in
the last fiscal year of about $915 million. Corporate headquarters
are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon
97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor, and Valor are registered trademarks of
Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are
the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.)
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