- Need to prepare a production plan that optimizes the SMT changeover preparation
- Need to prepare production plans taking into consideration common arrangements
- Need to streamline work time and improve efficiency related to preparation of plans
- Need to resolve the situation where the planning personnel cannot take a break
- Need to generate SMT production data based on production plans
- Need to perform simulations for improving productivity, such as efficient line organization, machine expansion, operator routing, etc.
- Need to prepare a production plan that optimizes the SMT changeover preparation
- Need to prepare production plans taking into consideration common arrangements
- Need to streamline work time and improve efficiency related to preparation of plans
- Need to resolve the situation where the planning personnel cannot take a break
- Need to generate SMT production data based on production plans
- Need to perform simulations for improving productivity, such as efficient line organization, machine expansion, operator routing, etc.
MFO is the solution.
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MFO is software that realizes entire production simulation by digital-twinning on the mounting floor.
Step 1: Understanding Your Challenges
We conduct a thorough investigation and analysis of your manufacturing site to understand the flow of materials and operations, identifying key issues and challenges.
Step 2: Defining Requirements for Improvement
By hearing to your expectations for production management, planning, and workflows, we propose solutions from a third-party perspective.
Step 3: System Design, Development, and Implementation
Together with you, we design the system based on the ideal future state, conduct a simulation on the system and implement it.
Step 4: Operational Support
We provide ongoing support to help you leverage the implemented system for continuous improvement in your operations.
Alps Alpine has used MFO to automatically create complex production plans for SMT floors with large variety of products and small lots. This is an example of how the complex production planning process that used to take half a day was reduced to about five minutes.
Automated proposal of efficient production plan
It automatically proposes an efficient production plan based on all information and parameters from the worksite and data from the mounted PCBs. The plans are extremely close to actual worksite conditions and by sending this feedback to Asprova, the accuracy of the production plan for the mounting process can be improved.
Extensive constraint functions
It quickly proposes SMT placement plans considering various constraints such as feeders, carts, dual lane production, independent placement, alternate placement, etc.
Global support
Japanese, Chinese and English are available. We support global expansion in Japan, the Americas, Europe, East Asia, and South Asia.
Extensive outputs
It provides output necessary for mounting line operations, including SMT production plan, external preparation plan, internal preparation plan, reel picking information, reel placement information and information on preparation components.
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Labor saving of mounting line
Labor-saving production planning and high-quality mounting on a line with high-mix low-volume production and frequent changeover by using software.
Optimizing production plans
Optimizing off-line setup
Automatic production program generation
SMT process simulation
Setting line configuration for production plans and simulations
Entering operator positions
Easily-to-use; operating with a mouse
Illustrating a schedule based on capacity utilization and various constraints automatically
Showing production plans by mounter/lane
Easily-to-use; operating with a mouse when you change plans
Visual display for off-line set up plans for each machine and lane
Outputting to CSV file
Visual display for in-line set up plans for each machine and lane
Outputting to CSV file
Production Scheduler
Asprova
Plans process that can be executed in a short period, taking into account worksite constraints.
Contributes to short manufacturing lead times, reduced in-process inventory, more accurate delivery responses and shorter planning cycles
Data Generation System
NPM-DGS
Contributes to the generation of optimal component arrangements, assembly order and production data for multiple PCBs by importing your CAD and BOM data
Mounting MES Software
PanaCIM-EE Gen2
Support is provided for improvement in QCD in each task related to mounting, through centralized management of the entire mounting floor
Integrated Line Management System
iLNB
Optimization of the entire production line by “connecting" Panasonic machines, non-Panasonic machines, and higher-level systems
Feeder Setup Navigator
Contributes to improved productivity with highly accurate production time estimation and feeder replacement sequence instructions
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