{"id":736,"date":"2021-09-12T04:10:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T08:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/valor\/?p=736"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:31:24","slug":"virtual-tour-real-life-digital-transformation-in-smt-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/valor\/2021\/09\/12\/virtual-tour-real-life-digital-transformation-in-smt-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Tour: Real-life digital transformation in SMT assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>External pressure isn\u2019t always negative\u2014it often becomes the catalyst for innovation. For <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/valor\/2020\/08\/11\/icco-emt-uses-valor-and-opcenter-to-optimize-processes-and-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICCO<\/a>, an electronics manufacturer in Romania, the push to innovation came from a client requesting detailed real-time reports, something the company didn\u2019t have the ability to provide using its manual data management system. ICCO knew that the only way it could meet the client\u2019s demand was through digital transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The need for digitalization wasn\u2019t new. The company had been struggling with its inventory count, especially for parts that had to be counted frequently for safe production. Data input was done manually using Excel, including recording the produced boards during and after production. Reporting production issues was also manual, and no traceability data or reports were stored. The system was cumbersome, error-prone and labor-intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/manufacturing-operations\/manufacturing-analytics-pcb-assembly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opcenter Intelligence Electronics<\/a> gave ICCO the solution it was looking for. The ICCO team now has a 360\u02da site overview of their facility and can easily create and customize reports from automatically-collected data using convenient templates that are simple to export and share. Material ID (unique reel number) for the incoming material has simplified the inventory count. Even better, using automatic data management and smart analytics, ICCO has been able to reduce its error rate by >40% and save up to 20% of time needed for production, while improving both quality and efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sie.ag\/3z4AqhK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register now for the webinar: PCB advanced analytics in active e- live tour at ICCO SMT line >><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the virtual tour of ICCO, you can see first-hand how the company:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Utilizes a robust, industry-leading technology stack for big-data manufacturing scenarios<\/li><li>Collects MES and IoT data covering process, material and quality<\/li><li>Gains rich OOTB functionality for box-build and PCB assembly<\/li><li>Easily creates reports and dashboards<\/li><li>Aggregates data on the enterprise level with multi-site architecture<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Since using (smart analytics), we managed to improve the quality of our products. We have a better understanding of every stage of the manufacturing process and know exactly when, where and how to act in order to reach maximum efficiency.<\/p><cite>Nicolae Pindaru \u2013 Executive Director ICCO EMT<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about transformation in manufacturing \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/sie.ag\/3z4AqhK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">register for the webinar and live virtual tour at ICCO, September 30<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>External pressure isn\u2019t always negative\u2014it often becomes the catalyst for innovation. 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