Optel™ - COMPLETE MANUFACTURING CONTROL & OPTIMIZATION
Optel is the most comprehensive and powerful software system for managing the PCB manufacturing process. It implements Lean Manufacturing best practices, resulting in increased agility, throughput and quality, while reducing costs and setup times. This state-of-the-art system comprises a full suite of modules all integrated by a single global database.
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Optel capabilities include:
- Dynamic production scheduling and rescheduling
- Grouping setups to minimize changeovers, reducing setups by 3-6x
- Multi-vendor machine optimization & programming
- Line balancing and plant balancing
- Support for SMT, PTH, manual, and rework processes
- Offline and online setup verification
- Real time, two-way communication with machines
- Direct sending of assembly programs and component libraries
- Pick & place machine optimization and control
- Performance monitoring, error reporting, WIP tracking, automated traceability
- Centralized, Global Component Library and Modeler eliminates disparate libraries on machines
- Complete materials management including warehouse, supermarket (point of use storage), kitting, component traceability, RoHS, and moisture-sensitive material tracking
- Integration with popular ERP/MRP and CAD/CAM systems
- Leverages industry standard SQL database, providing the power to scale to the largest operation
- Modular design allows flexibility to add capabilities as you need them
Optel's ability to control and optimize all aspects of a circuit assembly factory is unmatched by competitors. It delivers an incredibly short ROI and adds accuracy to ERP/MRP systems.
OPTEL CAPABILITIES
- Overview
- Why ERP/MRP is not enough
- Lean Manufacturing
- Traceability & Material Management
- RoHS and Lead Free Control
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Our high mix PCB manufacturing environment benefits from Optel's powerful dynamic scheduling algorithms, coupled with its machine optimization and program generation capabilities. Integrating Optel into our broader MES architecture helps us better balance multiple assembly lines, automatically program a variety of machines, and schedule setups instead of work orders. Schedule control and visibility is an important aspect of our strategy for cost-effective electronic assembly in North America, and Optel compliments the capabilities of our own plant-wide information applications, the FactoryTalk Production and Performance Suite.
Mike Reynolds
Director, Operations
Rockwell Automation