Energy is the current revolution. We have all become accustomed to the use of a lot of energy in our daily lives. I write this blog while sitting in my local BMW dealership, surrounded by nice new shiny cars that consume lots of gasoline. The technology in these cars today though is incredible, with new cars each year achieving much higher level of efficiencies than ever before. It is still however … Read More
Tags: Energy, Japan, Electricity, Solar, Planning
My sister, as a child, learned to play the Violin. At first, this was an awful noise where even the cat would bolt out of the house straight into a torrential rainstorm rather than being within earshot. It soon developed however into a nice balanced tone, at times. I wondered whether I could do the same and started learning to play the recorder. Not a good idea. We shall say no more. My sister however, … Read More
Tags: Scheduling, Work-Orders, Planning
For the final installment of this series on components, I will discuss the solution that the Valor Division has for dynamic build order management. One of the neglected areas of PCB manufacturing is being able to sequence and then react to the day to day challenges of meeting production goals. For example, when many different products needs to be built, on multiple lines, with different configurations … Read More
Tags: PCB assembly, Scheduling, BOM, Sequence, Planning
Christmas was a month ago now. For many manufacturers, Christmas is like the turn of a page. Before Christmas, there was the seasonal rush, the fight to get as much of the right products out of the door and on to the shelves as fast possible. In spite the doom and gloom stories about the economy the seasonal rush seemed more or less as strong as ever; still a large market to keep a share of, the same … Read More
Tags: JIT, Planning, Seasonality
Around the Western world tomorrow, kids of all ages (include some of us adults) will be celebrating Halloween. For those of you that may not know what Halloween is, it’s a celebration that originated from an old Celtic tradition where fires were lit to ward off evil spirits on Samhain - Summer’s end. This was a special night because the people of the time believe that during this night, the separation … Read More
Tags: Halloween, HyperLynx, Constraints, Pre-route, LineSim, Planning
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