OPCENTER ELECTRONICS MES

As timelines are crunched and margins squeezed, the production floor can be chaotic at best. Some common questions asked on the shop floor are:

• Am I going to make my schedule?
• Where are the boards for my work order?
• Did this product go through all of the necessary steps?

Opcenter Electronics MES answers those questions. With Opcenter, plant managers, schedulers, and shop floor supervisors have real-time visibility of the production status of Work in Process (WIP) on the shop floor. Built-in route-checking capability ensures products are built using all of the necessary steps and in the correct sequence.

REAL-TIME WIP STATUS REPORTS Know the status of your production floor at all times. Quickly identify bottlenecks, work orders past due, and cycle times.

ROUTE CHECKING Ensure products are built using all the necessary steps and in the correct sequence.

Getting quality-related data in a timely manner is a constant struggle for circuit board manufacturing suppliers. Many times, serious quality problems are not identified until the work order is complete and boards have been shipped.

Opcenter Electronics MES provides real-time reporting on key process indicators (KPIs) and gives shop floor supervisors and quality managers visibility to quality-related problems as they occur. Automated tests and inspections can be connected to the eMES software to collect test results in real-time as well. Manual inspection operators can quickly log defects on parts, pins, traces, vias, or the board itself with the easy-to-use graphical, point-and-click interface within eMES. The built-in alarm functionality can be configured to notify key personnel whenever a Trend, DPMO or Yield tolerance is violated.

KPI REPORTS Real-time Pareto, Yield, DPMO, and SPC reports. Configure the reports to run automatically at scheduled intervals (hourly, daily, weekly, etc.) and send to key personnel.

ALARMS Notify key personnel whenever a Trend, DPMO or Yield tolerance is violated using built-in alarm functionality.

FAST DEFECT DATA ENTRY Quickly log defects on parts, pins, traces, vias or the board itself with the easy-to-use graphical, point-and-click interface.

As the off-shoring of medium to high-volume manufacturing for commercial and automotive products continues its upward trend, electronics manufacturers in the United States are faced with increased competition for military, defense, and medical contracts. However, in order to be considered for these highly regulated industries, the electronics manufacturer must be able to prove compliance with standards such as AS9100, ISO9001, and ISO13485. In addition, they must also prove adherence to compliance requirements such as RoHS and WEEE. Traceability of your process and materials down to the component level on the PCB, all the way through upper-level box assembly, is critical to meeting these compliance standards.

Opcenter Electronics MES has been specifically designed and developed for the Electronics Manufacturing industry.

eMES for Electronics captures the entire process from receiving in the stockroom, through PCB assembly and manufacturing, all the way through to merging the PCB with upper-level assemblies, shipping and managing customer returns.

PROCESS TRACEABILITY Track every step of your process route, every defect that is found and repaired, and every operator that has worked on the product. All data is recorded for each individual unit.

MATERIALS TRACEABILITY Track lot and date codes of every component installed on a product unit. Record the genealogy of the lower-level assemblies (PCBs) as they are merged with upper-level PCB or box assemblies.

OPERATOR CERTIFICATIONS Automatically enforce required skills for operators when working on a specific product and/or process route step. Track and manage expiration dates to ensure all operator certifications are current. The system will not allow an operator to work on a product and/or route step if they are not qualified.