{"id":1954,"date":"2021-05-13T15:38:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/opcenter\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:02:53","slug":"scanfil-realizes-10-40-improvement-in-manufacturing-kpis-with-siemens-opcenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/opcenter\/scanfil-realizes-10-40-improvement-in-manufacturing-kpis-with-siemens-opcenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Scanfil realizes 10% – 40% improvement in manufacturing KPIs with Siemens Opcenter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Global electronics manufacturer\u2019s aggressive Smart Manufacturing plan pays off<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scanfil is a leading electronics manufacturer with 10 production sites across Europe, the United States, and China. The Suzhou, China site was established in 1998 and has grown to 600 employees. A vertically integrated contract manufacturer, Scanfil Suzhou manufactures the customer\u2019s entire electronics product including PCBA, FPC, cable harness, box build, and integration services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scanfil\u2019s Smart Operations Program was created as a 5-year plan for the digital transformation of their entire manufacturing enterprise. Christian Kesten, General Manager of the Suzhou plant, is responsible for developing and driving the improvements required to become a best-in-class electronics manufacturing service (EMS), while maintaining high customer satisfaction and employee engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUltimately, we embarked on our Smart Operations journey to be the best partner for our customers as possible,\u201d said Kesten. \u201cWe wanted to improve productivity, quality control, and planning efficiency to meet their changing needs. As we saw a shift to lower volume and higher mix of products, we needed to have greater setup efficiency for NPI velocity. We also needed to assure regulatory compliance with automated traceability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scanfil selected Siemens Opcenter<\/a> Execution as their Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) <\/a>platform. Opcenter has the full breadth of capability to handle their end-to-end manufacturing process, including electronics and mechanical manufacturing, as well as integration capabilities and full supply chain traceability. Integration with Scanfil\u2019s ERP was also an essential part of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSiemens covered our entire end-to-end process, which was very attractive to us,\u201d continued Kesten. \u201cThe expertise of the Siemens team in all of our manufacturing areas, as well as implementation and support for running high-mix production \u2013 gave us confidence that we would be successful. Their experience lowered our business risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kesten reports remarkable improvements within a few months of go live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n