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Ricoh Accelerates Development Cycle for Multifunction Printer ASICs with Cadence
Overview
Ricoh Accelerates Development Cycle for Multifunction Printer ASICs with CadenceCadence Design Systems |
Analytics & Modeling - Data Mining Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) | |
Equipment & Machinery Mining | |
Product Research & Development Quality Assurance | |
Inventory Management Time Sensitive Networking | |
Testing & Certification | |
Operational Impact
The implementation of the Incisive vManager and MDV solution led to significant operational improvements for Ricoh. The company found that distinguishing items between use cases and functional tests made reviews much easier. Use case test items were checked to see if test cases and assertions in question were sufficient. Function tests were checked to reveal coverage which showed whether variables in question had sufficient variations/range. The engineers also discovered many re-usability and change management aspects of the vPlanner tool. The automation of its data collection and push-button reporting process saved about 350 work hours. With automated data collection and reporting, Ricoh can now start actual issue-solving much earlier. | |
Quantitative Benefit
vManager solution addresses approximately 22% of the missing or incomplete test case issues | |
2.5 months saved in data collection and reporting time | |
Ability to start resolving issues earlier in the design cycle | |