Industrial Automation
Industrial Automation
Gain full visibility, quality control, and compliance across your production line with digital traceability.
In today’s electronics and semiconductor industries, maintaining high product quality and production efficiency requires advanced traceability in manufacturing. By implementing digital manufacturing solutions and automated traceability, manufacturers can monitor processes, machinery performance, and product movement throughout the production line.
With OMRON automation solutions, manufacturers can implement real-time traceability through an integrated automation architecture that connects identification, control, and manufacturing data collection. This allows manufacturers to detect issues early, reduce waste, and strengthen quality control traceability across the factory floor.
Streamlined Production for Competitive Profit Margin
Research estimates in 2011, returned merchandise costs consumer electronics manufacturers, communication carriers and retailers $16.7 billion 1 . It also reflected that 5 – 6 percent of the returned merchandise were defective products 1 . With a traceability system in place, even small, incremental improvements in warranty processing will have a significant impact on overall profitability.
The electronics manufacturing industry faces increasing pressure to control costs while meeting the growing demand for new technologies, particularly consumer electronics devices.
Unlike many manufacturing sectors where materials account for about 50% of product costs, materials in electronics manufacturing can represent up to 80% of the total cost. As a result, efficient component tracking systems and barcode traceability systems are essential to monitor materials, manage production performance, and maintain product quality.
With smart robust product traceability systems, manufacturers gain faster access to detailed production data. This provides better analysis of productivity, identification of inefficiencies, and early detection of waste within the manufacturing process.
Research estimates in 2011, returned merchandise costs consumer electronics manufacturers, communication carriers and retailers $16.7 billion 1 . It also reflected that 5 – 6 percent of the returned merchandise were defective products 1 . With a traceability system in place, even small, incremental improvements in warranty processing will have a significant impact on overall profitability.
1 David Douthit, Michael Flach and Vivek Agarwal, (2011), A “Returning Problem” Reducing the Quality and Cost of Product Returns in Consumer Electronics, Accenture.
Omron offers one‑stop, end‑to‑end solutions that enable digital electronics manufacturers to implement a robust traceability system across production processes.
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