Process Consultations
LEVEL III: Process Consultation
The third level of the Productivity Improvement Workshop series is a sophisticated process consultation. It can address nearly all aspects of your SMT and SMT/Optoelectronics assembly process. We will help you define the scope of the project, then act to help improve your productivity.
A partial list of topics addressed includes:
- Optimizing a complete SMT process for quality and throughput
- Root cause failure analysis
- Designing an SMT line
- Line balancing an SMT line
- Cost modeling an SMT facility
Success stories with Level III workshops include:
High-volume cellular phone manufacturer:
- Improved cycle time 10%
- Extended productivity improvement to 8 production lines
- Added $500M/year production capacity
- No increase of staff or capital equipment
Developed complete cost model of $1B SMT facility:
- Enabled “what if” analyses
- Improved investment analysis confidence
- Duration:
- 2-4 days is typical
- Cost per day:
- $995 plus expenses
- Bottom Line:
- A profitable custom solution to your greatest process challenge. You gain productivity improvements which deliver an impressive bottom line impact.

