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never worked well because the problems were too varied and complex for current AI to solve. Arch instead asked, “How


would the best SMT expert solve this problem today working on a single line in a single factory?” The answer was clear: combine SMT expert methodology with advanced big-data algorithms car- ried out automatically on all lines at once. The first major success of


this approach was the develop- ment of an advanced analytics module called Sessions Analysis. This analytics module uses advanced algorithms to study every product cycle on all SMT lines. From this rich machine data, Sessions Analysis automat- ically knows which cycles should be identical because they are building the same product and provides an apples-to-apples comparison across thousands of occurrences of theoretically iden- tical machine operations. This allows for automatic


inference and builds the picture of a “golden cycle” for each prod- uct and on each line without any manual input. Based on this key data,


Sessions Analysis classifies all the structural losses that pre- vent the line from consistently achieving the golden cycle time. These include such losses as workload imbalances between machines, underutilized place- ment heads, loading and transfer delays, bottleneck steps outside chip mounting, etc. Sessions Analysis then separates out all transient operational losses on top of the structural operational losses and classifies them based on the rich state information and error codes reported from the machines. The success of Sessions


Analysis in complementing top- level utilization KPIs with detailed, actionable root causes motivated Flex and Arch to repeat the same playbook across other aspects of the SMT line. Flex is starting to find similar success looking at advanced glob-


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al feeder analysis to reduce com- ponent attrition and nozzle analy- sis to identify P&P maintenance problems before they result in attrition and yield issues. Dave Dunne, VP of asset


management at Flex, says, “Arch brings rich data-based analytics, visualizations, and intelligent actionable insights, at speed, real-time, that can allow Flex to truly optimize its operations and performance, to a different level.”


Industry 4.0 Implementation By the end of the year, Flex


had installed Arch solutions in


over 22 sites across SMT and mechanicals production lines with close to 1,000 machines con- nected across 200 lines globally. In addition to feeding uti-


lization analytics, the growing data lake provides a foundation for developing new insights. Data scientists and opera-


tional experts at Flex and Arch can now form hypotheses about the root causes of problems and opportunities for increased per- formance and retrospectively validate them using the histori- cal data lake. The ArchFX platform em -


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powers electronics manufactur- ers to reclaim 20 to 60 percent of valuable machine performance and line utilization. Every day, Arch extracts


data from thousands of SMT machines worldwide, accelerat- ing Industry 4.0 and enabling real-time visibility and action- able insights into some of the most complex problems manu- facturers face today. Contact: Arch Systems, Inc.,


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