Case Studies Digital Factory Transformation with 26,000 Pieces of Manufacturing Equipment Connected in the Cloud

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	Digital Factory Transformation with 26,000 Pieces of Manufacturing Equipment Connected in the Cloud

Digital Factory Transformation with 26,000 Pieces of Manufacturing Equipment Connected in the Cloud

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Automotive Electronics Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Sanmina, a tier one contract manufacturer, was facing challenges with its existing on-premise Manufacturing Execution System (MES). The system, although advanced, limited the management's visibility of real-time production metrics in each factory and required significant maintenance from operations and IT teams. The company manufactures 250 million products per year for 700 different OEM customers, with over 200,000 different top-level assemblies produced each year. The OEMs operate in diverse industries including telecommunications, enterprise computing & storage, industrial and clean technology. A significant amount of production is for medical, aerospace and automotive products with strict regulatory requirements. The existing on-premise MES was not well suited for factory automation and other IIoT initiatives. Read More
About Customer	Sanmina is a tier one contract manufacturer that manufactures 250 million products annually for 700 different Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). The company produces over 200,000 different top-level assemblies each year, with up to 20,000 forecast changes per week. The OEMs that Sanmina serves operate in diverse industries including telecommunications, enterprise computing & storage, industrial and clean technology. A significant amount of Sanmina's production is for medical, aerospace and automotive products, which have strict regulatory requirements. The company has 50 manufacturing facilities worldwide. Read More
Solution	Sanmina adopted 42Q, a fully featured global cloud-based system capable of integrating product yield, WIP and inventory information across a global network of 10,000 suppliers delivering components to 50 manufacturing facilities in 15 countries around the world. The solution accommodated Sanmina’s diverse manufacturing processes including enclosure fabrication, PCBA manufacturing and complex systems integration. It also complies with regulatory requirements in medical, aerospace and automotive industries. A unified multitenant cloud architecture with in-built redundancy provides access from anywhere in the world. A method to digitally represent product specifications and manufacturing processes was developed. 26,000 devices including scanners, production equipment, automatic optical inspection machines and functional testers were connected to 42Q, providing data in real time. Applications accessible by browser from anywhere in the world were developed to analyze millions of records of data and present it in an actionable manner. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Electronics

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Sanmina, a tier one contract manufacturer, was facing challenges with its existing on-premise Manufacturing Execution System (MES). The system, although advanced, limited the management's visibility of real-time production metrics in each factory and required significant maintenance from operations and IT teams. The company manufactures 250 million products per year for 700 different OEM customers, with over 200,000 different top-level assemblies produced each year. The OEMs operate in diverse industries including telecommunications, enterprise computing & storage, industrial and clean technology. A significant amount of production is for medical, aerospace and automotive products with strict regulatory requirements. The existing on-premise MES was not well suited for factory automation and other IIoT initiatives.

About Customer

Sanmina is a tier one contract manufacturer that manufactures 250 million products annually for 700 different Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). The company produces over 200,000 different top-level assemblies each year, with up to 20,000 forecast changes per week. The OEMs that Sanmina serves operate in diverse industries including telecommunications, enterprise computing & storage, industrial and clean technology. A significant amount of Sanmina's production is for medical, aerospace and automotive products, which have strict regulatory requirements. The company has 50 manufacturing facilities worldwide.

Solution

Sanmina adopted 42Q, a fully featured global cloud-based system capable of integrating product yield, WIP and inventory information across a global network of 10,000 suppliers delivering components to 50 manufacturing facilities in 15 countries around the world. The solution accommodated Sanmina’s diverse manufacturing processes including enclosure fabrication, PCBA manufacturing and complex systems integration. It also complies with regulatory requirements in medical, aerospace and automotive industries. A unified multitenant cloud architecture with in-built redundancy provides access from anywhere in the world. A method to digitally represent product specifications and manufacturing processes was developed. 26,000 devices including scanners, production equipment, automatic optical inspection machines and functional testers were connected to 42Q, providing data in real time. Applications accessible by browser from anywhere in the world were developed to analyze millions of records of data and present it in an actionable manner.

Impact #1	A unified virtual cloud factory (digital twin) provides global factory and supply chain visibility, including real time WIP, yield and throughput data for 50 factories.
Impact #2	Following implementation, plants self deployed the cloud based MES with no support from I.T. or 42Q. Because of this, 42Q was rapidly adopted and its use expanded.
Impact #3	A visual factory monitors yield, throughput, work-in-process (WIP) ageing, against predefined targets. It provides real-time status at product, workstation, production floor, plant, regional and global levels.

Impact #1

A unified virtual cloud factory (digital twin) provides global factory and supply chain visibility, including real time WIP, yield and throughput data for 50 factories.

Impact #2

Following implementation, plants self deployed the cloud based MES with no support from I.T. or 42Q. Because of this, 42Q was rapidly adopted and its use expanded.

Impact #3

A visual factory monitors yield, throughput, work-in-process (WIP) ageing, against predefined targets. It provides real-time status at product, workstation, production floor, plant, regional and global levels.

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Digital Factory Transformation with 26,000 Pieces of Manufacturing Equipment Connected in the Cloud

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