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Electronics Manufacturing

Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) provide essential electronic components and subassemblies to a broad range of markets including automotive, aerospace, defense, healthcare, industrial, telecom, and consumer electronics. Whether producing small quantities of mission-critical, highly precise electronic components or large quantities of mass market circuit assemblies, EMS providers can greatly benefit from real-time production data, visualization of equipment status across every work center on their plant floor, and historical analytics for thorough retrospective analysis.

With constant pressure to reduce manufacturing and operating costs while consistently delivering products built to stringent quality standards and within tight timelines, EMS providers rely on automated production monitoring solutions to expose all lost production time, typically within a framework of OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness). Vorne XL provides a simple, powerful, and comprehensive solution that moves electronics manufacturing operations far beyond manual data capture to gain critical insights for effectively driving process improvement and actualizing change with 100+ metrics and 20+ data dimensions.

Other benefits of XL that customers love include no software to install, no servers to maintain, no recurring fees, and no contracts. Instead you get unlimited users, free technical support, a 3-year warranty, and free software updates. All in an inexpensive, off-the-shelf product.

Electronics manufacturing facility.

Driving Improvement for Electronics Manufacturing

Our electronics manufacturing customers are typically seeking a solution that enables them to optimize their processes while maintaining the precision and product quality that their customers require.

The Vorne XL Productivity Appliance enables electronics manufacturers to monitor their processes in real time, improve throughput, and maximize efficiency, all while preserving the integrity of their products and manufacturing process. XL drops onto your existing process, making it a quick and easy solution that requires little to no changes on the line. This is a unique and critical advantage of Vorne XL.

Pareto chart in the Vorne XL reporting interface displaying downtime by reason on a Soldering line.

Key Benefits for Electronics Manufacturers

Vorne XL is completely agnostic to the type of equipment in your manufacturing process. This is a huge advantage as you can easily apply XL to any process and get the same deep wealth of information. XL includes I/O to integrate with your process, a scoreboard for your operators, and built-in reporting for your managers. Even better, it easily and incrementally scales from machine to enterprise.

Monitor your SMT lines, pick and place, wave solder, select solder, conformal coating, potting, ICT beds or semi-automated assembly lines, and other equipment with one solution, quickly seeing benefits such as:

  1. Real-Time Machine Monitoring Planners rely on up-to-date job statuses to schedule work orders for specific equipment. XL includes real-time dashboards that provide live production counts, goals, and progress towards completion, providing clarity on what’s running where and whether it’s on track to finish as scheduled.
  2. Changeover Targets and Notifications Efficient line changeovers require the coordination of multiple teams to effectively pull the right kits while setting up the proper profiles on the line. Set changeover targets for your operators and send email or text notifications to the stock room when it’s time to allocate material.
  3. Flexibility of Digital Inputs EMS shops often have a mix of both state-of-the-art and legacy equipment. Whether your equipment has the latest PLC or no integrations at all, XL enables quick and simple integration by connecting through virtually any 5-24 VDC digital input.
  4. Downtime Pareto Poka-yoke, or error proofing, is very common in the EMS industry as a method to reduce downtime and quality loss. View historical downtime by reason or quality loss by reason and part to create a culture of learning and reduce loss moving forward.
  5. Easy Integration Whether you leverage our API or turnkey integration solutions, easily set up communication between Vorne XL and your ERP or MES system to pull production standards and goals, or even update production numbers for the latest job.

You're In Excellent Company

Vorne XL customers span across 45+ countries and are in virtually every industry - including many in electronics manufacturing. Take a look at a sampling of electronics manufacturers that have unlocked the benefits of XL to obtain accurate and actionable data, critical insights, and a foundation for their continuous improvement programs.

Rexel Usa
Honeywell
Atkore
Te Connectivity
Enersys
Exide Group
Regal Rexnord
Nidec Motor Corp
Jabil
Rexel Usa
Honeywell

Learn More About Vorne XL

We would be happy to show you XL, deep dive into your challenges and your processes, and answer any questions you may have. We also offer free 90-day trials. In fact, we have completed thousands of successful XL trials. Did you know that 92.8% of companies that try XL buy XL?

Metrics, Dimensions, and Dashboards

Vorne XL provides you with an incredible data foundation and an outstanding suite of reporting tools to effectively drive your continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and digital transformation initiatives. With XL you get immediate access to over 100 highly accurate and actionable metrics and 20 data dimensions - in real time and for deep retrospective analysis through historical reporting. There are dozens of built-in reports, and you can easily create your own reporting dashboards.

Dashboard in the Vorne XL OEE software showing KPIs important to the Electronics manufacturing industry.

Vorne XL User Success Stories

XL helps manufacturers in almost every industry improve their process productivity. You will love our free support, free software updates, 3-year warranty, transparent pricing, fast implementation, and of course, the wealth of product features. That is why we have so many customers that share their success stories.

94%
Downtime Reduction
S.T. | Plant Engineer | International Glass Products ManufacturerThe Vorne displays definitely generate a competitive interest on the plant floor. Until we put the displays up it was not uncommon to see 160 minutes of shift downtime. Now that operators can see the downtime in real time it is down to just 10 or 12 minutes per shift. Also, one of our production shifts just broke the all-time run rate for the line.
21%
Increase in Efficiency
A.P. | Lean Coordinator | Global Electric Component ManufacturerWe have definitely noticed a productivity improvement since we started using XL. Before the display was hung, our line averaged 75% efficiency. Since the display we are operating between 90 and 95%. Since this unit was so successful we are in the process of adding visuals to our other lines.
49.4%
Increase in Efficiency
P.K. | Plant Manager | Manufacturer of Engineered Electrical SolutionsOver the last three months we went from about 44% efficiency to a remarkable 87% efficiency. XLs provided trusted visual feedback that was the key to our productivity gains, and were the cornerstone that cemented our cultural change. We couldn't have done it without them!
Accurate Data
Confident Decisions
Aaron J. | Global Seed Operations Center Leader | Electronics ManufacturingVorne XL makes the important data you need easily accessible, and even more important, accurate. The data entry is as simple as scanning a QR code, allowing team members to focus on what matters, safety, quality and delivery. We are in our first full season with Vorne at some of our locations. The teams have really grasped onto the system and have embraced the reporting functions that give us accurate data and the ability to make confident decisions.
2 Wires, 2 Hours
To Be Up and Running
S.P. | Global Director, Process Excellence | HVAC, Industrial, and RefrigerationWe now have Vorne XL deployed in plants both in the U.S. and in China. With XL Enterprise, I can get shift reports for all my manufacturing lines around the world. I have been using XL for 20 years and truly appreciate the simplicity; connect 2 wires and within 2 hours you are getting data.
100%
ROI In 3 Days
T.M. | Manufacturing Engineer | Automotive Interior SupplierYour displays paid for themselves in just three days of production! We went from an average of 70% throughput to an amazing 98% in just a couple days. Now we finish every part that we make instead of burying pallet loads in the warehouse for fill in work. Seeing the target in giant numbers has helped everyone in the cell become involved in meeting our goals and has even improved morale.
115%
Of Plan
C.T. | Lean Improvement Team | Global Imaging Products ManufacturerWhen we brought in our first XL, we introduced it to our associates in small groups and explained the idea behind working to Takt Time. After three days our team was producing at 115% of plan and set a new production record. At the end of the shift our plant floor team broke into applause! That's why every line is getting an XL.
92.8%
Trial Conversion Rate
D.G. | Plant Manager | Hospitality and Healthcare Products and ServicesXL is exactly what we were looking for! In the past we have struggled with accurate capacity planning. Thanks to the Vorne displays we now know what is going on anytime, anywhere. XL helps us make informed manufacturing decisions. Improved productivity is a bonus.
99.5%
Count Data Collection Time Improvement
G.D. | Bindery Manager | High Volume Catalog PrinterHaving the data collected from the Vorne displays allows my supervisors to focus on machines that are running bad and to leave the good ones alone. The bottom line for us is that we cannot effectively react to what was done yesterday. Now, people on the line are always looking to see if their line is number one and do what it takes to make their line perform. No doubt we would not have the efficiency gains that we've achieved without the visuals. It used to take our supervisors 35 minutes to collect the count data for their 9 machines now they have it in 10 seconds!
146%
OEE Improvement
W.M. | Operations Manager | Food Manufacturing PlantI've used Vorne XL in my last three roles and it has really made a difference. When I joined my last plant our OEE was 30%. Each month we picked a focus metric from XL and trained the team on that metric. I showed everyone how it affected the line and then we worked together to drive up the number. We steadily improved, and when I left the plant our OEE was 74%!
94%
Downtime Reduction
S.T. | Plant Engineer | International Glass Products ManufacturerThe Vorne displays definitely generate a competitive interest on the plant floor. Until we put the displays up it was not uncommon to see 160 minutes of shift downtime. Now that operators can see the downtime in real time it is down to just 10 or 12 minutes per shift. Also, one of our production shifts just broke the all-time run rate for the line.
21%
Increase in Efficiency
A.P. | Lean Coordinator | Global Electric Component ManufacturerWe have definitely noticed a productivity improvement since we started using XL. Before the display was hung, our line averaged 75% efficiency. Since the display we are operating between 90 and 95%. Since this unit was so successful we are in the process of adding visuals to our other lines.

Electronics Specialties

  • Automated Assembly
  • Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
  • Circuit Board Assembly
  • Component Placement
  • Die Bonding and Wire Bonding
  • Electronic Component Sorting
  • Electronics Cleaning
  • Electronics Coating and Encapsulation
  • Electronics Inspection
  • Electronics Packaging
  • Electronics Soldering
  • PCB Drilling and Routing
  • PCB Etching and Plating
  • PCB Printing and Imaging
  • Semiconductor Fabrication
  • Semiconductor Test
  • Surface Mount Technology (SMT)
  • Through-Hole Assembly
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