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Learn How the Digital Twin Optimizes Shop Floor Utilization

Demand for electronics-in-everything, ever shorter product cycles, and significantly smaller lot sizes will impact your utilization and performance KPIs, threatening to cut into your margins. Digital twins allow planning of set-up operations and material replenishment, so your lines run uninterrupted and are not waiting on material. If you are constructing new lines, digital twins will shorten concept-to-build cycles and eliminate costly surprises when positioning or re-positioning equipment.



Originally presented: September 28, 2021
Duration: 1 hour
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Overview

The electronics industry is constantly evolving, with new technology driving the rapid innovation of products and markets. Still, those same technologies also create significant disruption in the way we manufacture products, resulting in constant pressure on companies to reinvent or evolve their production capabilities. As a result, time-to-market (TTM) windows are shrinking along with the opportunity for businesses to make a profit. Unfortunately, manufacturers who cannot keep up find themselves rapidly losing market share to their competition.

Digital twins of production have already been successfully applied in several industries, such as automotive and aerospace to address this exact challenge: Ever changing products, smaller lot sizes, and shrinking times from concept to delivery.
In this webinar you will learn how the same proven Smart manufacturing strategies can help you maintain and improve your utilization and performance KPIs ,and turn around new or reconfigured production lines faster.

> Drive your utilization and performance KPIs higher: Use a comprehensive digital twin to simulate and predict set-up and material replenishment demand, and run multiple scenarios to assess the impact of manpower availability on performance. Simulation with a comprehensive digital twin will increase utilization and performance and contribute to higher margins.

> Design your new or re-configured lines in 3D: Leverage 3D modeling for your new production layout and communicate your intent clearly with a wider range of stakeholders. Use the digital twin to virtually test the implications of equipment reconfiguration. Provide accurate installation information to your maintenance team and avoid delays in starting production.

Key Takeaways

  • Use a digital twin to correctly predict set-up and material management demands
  • Leverage the digital twin to properly plan for uninterrupted production
  • Identify impact of workforce fluctuations and make decisions accordingly
  • Discover the benefits of 3D layouts for new electronics production builds

Speakers

Noam Ribon, Senior Consultant, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Noam has over 25 years of experience in Computer Aided Design, Product Lifecycle Management, Digital Manufacturing and Industrial Digital Twins, ranging across multiple industries. Noam has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration.

Sunil Chhabra, Global Portfolio Development – Manufacturing Engineering, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Sunil has over 22 years of experience in the Electronics Manufacturing industry. He started his journey in the industry with Research and Development at SUNY Binghamton in the late 90s. After completing his M.S in Industrial Engineering, he started his career at Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems (This division was then acquired by ASM). He has held multiple positions with Siemens/ASM, with primary focus on improving and optimizing customer's shop-floor operations.