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Digital Factory Starter Kit
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Track & Trace Genealogy
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Digital Factory
Designed for manufacturers who need to move to advanced digital manufacturing quickly and with zero interruptions, 42Q’s Digital Factory Starter Kit provides the core functions required for controlling and managing critical manufacturing operations digitally, in an easy-to deploy, fast time-to-value package. This solution also includes 42Q’s Business Intelligence for manufacturers, which provides a toolkit for real-time data visualization of manufacturing operations. And you can get started with the first line in just 2-4 weeks.
Two to Four Weeks to Cloud MES
The Digital Factory Starter Kit was designed to be implemented in just days, rather than the months required for legacy MES solutions. Delivered from the cloud, the Starter Kit can be configured to meet the specific requirements of a manufacturing operation in a fraction of the time expected; this results from the cloud architecture, the tools and templates developed by 42Q, and from the service delivery model created by 42Q. The Starter Kit delivers faster time-to-value than any other manufacturing software, while still delivering compliance for manufacturers in highly regulated industries. Once implemented, the use of 42Q Starter Kit can be expanded, use of the 42Q Digital Factory Starter Kit can be expanded to additional products and manufacturing lines, and also extended to use additional 42Q capabilities.
MES 101: Cloud-based Operations Management and Control
This kit includes MES 101 from 42Q, which provides the core software modules for running a digital manufacturing line or factory and its accompanying quality management operations. With MES 101, users gain control of their critical manufacturing and quality operations, enforcing prescribed steps in each process and ensuring that all quality tests are performed before a product is released from production. Additionally, the system builds a complete device history record (DHR) for all products, including details from subcomponents and subassemblies, results of each completed test, and more. These same records are used to build a complete traceability tree for product genealogy.
Business Intelligence: Your Manufacturing Questions, Answered
The Business Intelligence module from 42Q provides real-time reports and alerts that enable manufacturing executives to see what’s going on in their operations - right now. From dashboards to automated reports, and including a virtual factory that provides an at-a-glance status update on all plant operations, 42Q Business Intelligence provides easily-digestible data visualizations that enable a plant manager or executive to make smart decisions based on real-time, up-to-the-second information. 42Q Business Intelligence features include dashboards and digital signage support, SPC (statistical process control), self-service reporting tools, and 42Q Live - the virtual factory map and reporting tool.
Includes:
- Serialized inventory
- Cycle time management
- Order management
- Process routing control
- Employee verification & work instructions
- Track & trace and genealogy
- Control plans
- Critical to quality issues
- Defect & repair management
- Business Intelligence reporting
- Packaging
- Labeling
- Notifications and escalations
- Paperless traveler
- Real-time visibility
- Paperless operations
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Weir Minerals Reduces Manufacturing Lead Times by up to 30%
Weir Minerals, a part of the Weir Group plc, is a global market leader in the supply of engineered solutions and aftermarket products to the mining industry. Their customers require fast order fulfillment lead times, which are met by manufacturing products as quickly as possible within their 12 core manufacturing plants.
42Q Enables Production Readiness to Double the Volume at Comet’s Penang Facility
Comet’s facility in Penang, Malaysia needed to double the production volume of matching networks within a period of six months. While the manufacturing process itself could support the increase, the manual data collection process had reached the limits of its capability. The company needed to increase efficiency, improve quality, enhance traceability and wanted a single source of truth for all manufacturing data. They decided to implement a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and eliminate all spreadsheet and paper based processes. They also wanted the system to seamlessly integrate with their ERP system and a variety of manufacturing equipment.
Cloud MES Supports Sophisticated Automation in a High Speed, Highly-Regulated Manufacturing Environment
A global medical device manufacturer had been producing complex Class II medical devices for years, using 42Q as their MES. Now they faced the challenge of manufacturing high-volume Class III medical devices with complex, fully automated production lines. They feared that implementing advanced, high-volume automation using 42Q MES would require significant factory downtime. The new production lines required a high level of sophisticated automation and a manufacturing execution system that supported and seamlessly integrated with such systems.
Digital Factory Transformation with 35,000 Pieces of Manufacturing Equipment Connected in the Cloud
Sanmina manufactures 250 million products per year. More of a challenge is that there are over 200,000 different top-level assemblies produced each year for 700 different OEM customers with up to 20,000 forecast changes per week. 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 required significant maintenance and upgrade effort from the IT and operations teams. It was also limited in its ability to manage supply chains beyond the walls of each factory, and was not well suited for factory automation and other IIoT initiatives.
