New Product Introduction

Visiprise solutions assist in new product introduction by allowing designers, planners and engineers access to process and product design information during the planning stage. Capturing all iterations of a product design, from concept to manufacture, can dramatically cut the time a product spends in development.

Site-To-Site Transfer

Once a product and the processes to create it have been proven in a pilot location, Visiprise solutions can transfer production and setup data from the pilot plant to the production plant with a single transaction. In addition, site transfer capabilities allow you to transfer product from one site to another for either use in a parent assembly or to undergo final production.

Printed Circuit Assembly

The Visiprise solutions provide an integrated environment for optimizing all facets of printed circuit board manufacturing. From equipment control to repair loop management, it provides critical functionality that improves operational efficiency of both electronics manufacturers and their manufacturing service providers.

Operational Data Store

Electronics Manufacturing Service (EMS) providers need to present a "single face" to the OEM customer. Visiprise solutions can provide the OEM with timely, consistent and accurate data transmitted throughout their supply chain - from upstream suppliers to downstream distribution channels - in order to minimize working capital by decreasing total work in process inventory, including obsolete and scrapped parts.

Both the OEM customer and the EMS provider are able to gauge the relative performance of the product across plants and compare it to similar product builds at other plants in order to quickly identify and remedy any product-specific, process-specific or even plant-specific manufacturing issues. Multi-plant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can be generated, which will show each plant's cost and quality metrics relative to other plants and provide the single, integrated view of worldwide manufacturing operations required to make informed demand allocation and product sourcing decisions.

First Article Platform

Visiprise solutions can significantly improve First Article Platform yields in electronics. Visibility around parametric quality data and manufacturing processes is an important feedback mechanism. The unique integration with back-end product lifecycle management (PLM) and computer-aided design (CAD) systems is important for feedback loops, which refine product design and process routings. Additional capabilities within Visiprise solutions include collaboration, workflow, real-time redlining, and audit trails.

PLM Support

Visiprise solutions are utilized during the request for quote (RFQ)/request for proposal (RFP) design process and is a critical step within electronics during the design phase. Storage and analysis of product specifications, performance criteria and quality are inherent in Visiprise solutions.

Supplier Programs

Supplier programs are critical in electronics, based on the volume of suppliers utilized. Visiprise solutions can play a role here based on functionality that supports the following:

Nonconformance reporting Genealogy Field service and repair

Supplier portal and dashboard Incoming inspection Quality and assurance audits

Nonconformance Reporting

Nonconformance reporting and continuous process improvement are very important in electronics. TL 9000 reporting for interoperability is measured as a minimal acceptable quality level. Visiprise solutions support nonconformance reporting and is inherently based on a continuous process improvement loop. TL 9000 reporting for interoperability is collected, visible, measured, and optimized.

Quality Control

Visiprise solutions play a major role in Quality Control and has some unique advantages in the market. These advantages include proactive monitoring of events, with support of feedback mechanisms for measuring activity on the shop floor and tracking; status reporting on the work order; quality management systems for trending and nonconformance reporting; exchange portals for supplier visibility on component failures, as well as engineering for defect analysis and possible product/process re-design. Defect analysis is an essential requirement during product ramp-up where yields are very low initially.

Visiprise solutions support:

Statistical Process Control Corrective and Preventative Action Audit Pareto defect analysis

Verified defects reporting Quality dashboards Defects Per Million Opportunities (DPMO),as defined by the IPC-9261 standard

As Maintained Bill of Material

Visiprise solutions can support the As Maintained Bill of Material, which is critical in electronics field service and aftermarket.

Remanufacture

Visiprise solutions can support the process of remanufacturing based on the as-built configuration and knowledge of component attributes. Visiprise solutions are unique in its capabilities for Design for Service with the integration of design collaboration features.