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duce machine downtime and increase production output. One of Optel’s most significant advan-
tages is its optimized dynamic scheduling tech- nology, which is key to competitiveness and profitability in a high-mix, low-volume environ- ment. This technology drives major increases in production and utilization without the addi- tion of new SMT equipment. According to the company, no other software on the market to- day enables the optimization of production ca- pacity that can deliver up to 50 percent increas- es in production, 80 percent reduction in changeovers and 50 percent reduction in changeover duration. Optimized dynamic scheduling uses select-
ed business rules and advanced algorithms at three levels to increase production by automati- cally generating clusters of work or- ders and SMT machine programs. Un- like static software grouping approach- es, this technology re-optimizes pro- duction schedules dynamically, as new work orders enter the production stream.
System Features Optel is a complete manufactur-
ing execution system, built around a single centralized database. It is de- signed to provide the full range of in- tegrated functionality needed to ef- fectively control, monitor and man- age all phases of the electronics as- sembly process, including:
Materials management: inventory and warehouse management, materi- als tracking throughout the plant, materials serialization, MSD control, and barcode data collection.
Dynamic scheduling: dynamic scheduling of work orders into com- mon setups as work orders are re- leased, optimization of setups, priori- ty criteria selection, with lean kitting to support grouping.
Pre-production control: kitting, off-line and in-line setup verification, feeder management, and work-in- process tracking.
Materials traceability: from the work order level to circuit level and to the final assembly level.
Process traceability and control: process definition and enforcement, multilevel routing, full process trace- ability, verification and data collec- tion across the production facility.
Component traceability: instant access to date and lot code information for every component within a work or- der — serialization option enables the identification of components installed, per reference designator, on individual circuit assemblies.
Quality management: quality data and defect data collection from in- spection stations and automated equipment, and support for rework repair and returns processing.
Graphical documentation: pro- vides paperless, database-driven, graphical work instructions for box build, circuit assembly, rework, and QA inspection. This allows assembly instructions and multimedia content to be assigned to assemblies either at the component level or at the assem- bly level.
Machine performance monitor- ing: monitor machine downtime by shift, day or week, track number of feeders for next setup, monitor ide- al/actual cycle time, machine efficien- cy, OEE and utilization.
Optel MES is a fully-integrated, mobile solution.
www.us-
tech.com In addition to these capabilities, Optimal
Electronics customizes Optel to fit customers’ unique manufacturing environments, processes
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and requirements. Smart Factory Ready In recent years, the company has expand-
ed its product suite to offer software solutions for sensor assembly in cleanrooms and the smart factory (Industry 4.0). Although its core will remain dynamic production scheduling and MES solutions, Optimal is moving at high speed into Industry 4.0. Optimal recently hired a robotics expert to work on new Industry 4.0 projects. “We are working on several Industry 4.0 projects now, involving intelligent ma- chines, intelligent process control, automated material replenishment, self-scheduling as- sembly lines, etc.,” says Vujosevic. “All of these projects include artificial intelligence and ro-
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