{"id":196,"date":"2020-04-16T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T14:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/valor\/?p=196"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:31:33","slug":"coronavirus-impacts-on-the-electronics-industry-playing-hot-potato-in-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/valor\/2020\/04\/16\/coronavirus-impacts-on-the-electronics-industry-playing-hot-potato-in-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Impacts on the Electronics Industry: Playing \u201cHot Potato\u201d in Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the children\u2019s game of Hot Potato, a \u201chot potato” is passed from one person to another, until the music randomly stops.  The person holding the potato is \u201cout.\u201d  It seems manufacturing is dealing with a similar game.  Manufacturers have to pass capabilities, products and manage supply chains in order to stay ahead of the impending \u201cmusic stop.\u201d  The music<\/em>, in this case, includes geopolitical disruptions, climate disruptions, economic disruptions, and most recently, a global pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What started with the U.S.-China tariff battle that reached a boiling point last year to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions seem to be more prevalent than ever before.   Under the new reality, the world\u2019s electronics OEMs and manufacturers are actively seeking ways to diversify their supply chains and have the flexibility to decide where to build to manage costs and quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I mentioned in my Blog Enter the decade of \u201cSmart the Gathering,\u201d<\/a> we will see design to manufacturing and integrated manufacturing planning for the whole product.\u00a0 Software, mechanical, electronics, and electrical systems design need to be planned as a whole. This also should be done such that manufacturing planning for all parts of a product is done in an integrated manner, each with related domain-specific and industry-specific capabilities and functionality.\u00a0 However, manufacturing planning at the product level is not enough. It must also consider manufacturing and process planning based on plants\u2019 assets and processes at various locations.\u00a0 To achieve this, manufacturing and process planning capabilities must be characterized in a solution that can then define Manufacturing BOM<\/a>s, based on the Engineered BOM, and establish a process and plant Bill of Process (BOP), unique to the plants located around the world.\u00a0 Only then can global flexibility be achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read our white paper: Portability is Key to Success for PCB manufacturers>> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Non-synchronized duplicated efforts in global manufacturing plants <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PCB assembly manufacturers need flexibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is times like these when manufacturers need the most flexibility. It may be due to COVID-19 or geopolitical shifts that affect workforce availability, cost structures or changing supply chains. However, PCB Assembly manufacturers that have multiple plants typically allow each plant to perform manufacturing planning, process planning and develop the BOP for their individual plants. The data handling is repeated for each plant. This makes it almost impossible to manage engineering changes (ECs), product change notifications (PCNs), and revision changes driven by the customer and\/or the originating plant.  Moreover, there may be different BOPs leading to variances in Production from one plant to another for the same product.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A \u201csingle source of truth\u201d in an integrated manufacturing planning solution, which is synchronized with design data and engineering changes, is required.  When there is a common enterprise data management layer across plants integrated with process and plant models, then true flexibility can be achieved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Synchronized global manufacturing plants <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These are unprecedented times.  A Gartner, Inc. survey<\/a> of 317 CFOs and Finance leaders on March 30, 2020 revealed that 74% intend to move at least 5% of their previously on-site workforce to permanently remote positions post-COVID 19.  The more manufacturers leverage software solutions designed to optimize efficiencies across borders, remotely, safely, only then can manufacturers have the flexibility to move Production where needed, with the best outcome.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on PCB production portability, read our white paper: Portability is Key to Success for PCB Manufacturers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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