Magna Electronics Selects Optimal Electronics’ Complete Optel MES Platform for Roll Out at its Holly Plant Location
AUSTIN, TX – May 19, 2010 – Optimal Electronics, a global provider of innovative software solutions for the control and optimization of the electronics assembly process, announced today that Magna Electronics will implement the company’s Optel Manufacturing Execution System (MES) at its assembly plant located in Holly, Michigan – with options for a corporate wide roll out.
Due to volatile market conditions and changing customer demand, a growing number of manufacturers are experiencing a major shift in order types and production requirements. The new emerging model is one that requires companies to produce a higher mix and lower volume in short, just-in-time scenarios. As a result, electronics manufacturers are facing massive changes in the way they must operate their plants, maintain margin, and generate a profit. Magna Electronics plans to address these new production requirements by implementing Optimal Electronics’ complete suite of Optel solutions including Material Management, Component Traceability, Process Traceability, Quality Management, and Optimized Dynamic Scheduling.
The Optel MES platform will provide Magna Electronics with a fully integrated, modular shopfloor control system that utilizes innovative dynamic production scheduling technology to optimize the assembly plant’s overall production environment. This state-of-the-art system will provide new capabilities for grouped setups to minimize changeovers, automated machine programming, materials verification, materials management, and detailed component level traceability – all integrated by a single database.
As part of the roll out, Optimal Electronics will customize the Optel implementation to accommodate the Holly Plant’s production environment and processes to deliver maximum ROI in the shortest amount of time. The company anticipates dramatic production capacity gains, lower equipment and headcount overhead, and a significant reduction in WIP materials cost.
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"We evaluated all of the industry leading software solutions during our search for a new tool to manage our PCB assembly process. Optel was the only software capable of successfully modeling our production processes and practices (group setups, data management of multiple machines, etc.) utlizing legacy data and actually producing boards during our trials. Optimal Electronics continues to impress us with their abilities to deliver innovative new features and provide outstanding technical support."
Suresh Sundarababu
Process & Product Engineering Manager
National Instruments, Austin