Wetin Mek I So At fɔ Sos Smɔl-Batch Ilɛktroniks?

Atikul

Epril 11, 2021

Bɔku pan di hadwɔd tim dɛn dɔn sɛn drɔin dɛn to fayv faktri dɛn ɛn yɛri bak frɔm tu. Di prɔblɛm na rarely di prodak — na dat smɔl ɔda dɛn nɔ fit di kɔst strɔkchɔ we di industri bin bil rawnd.

Afta Inaf Rijekshɔn, di Prɔblɛm Stɔp fɔ Bi Yu yon

Di ɛkspiriɛns kɔmɔn fɔ bi patɛn: di drɔin dɛn dɔn dɔn, di BOM dɔn kɔmplit, ɛn di inkwyuizhɔ go aut to fayv faktri dɛn. Tu pipul dɛn nɔ de ɛva ansa. Tu kot tri tɛm di prayz we dɛn bin de op fɔ. Di nɔmba fayv de aks if yu go ebul fɔ du fayv tawzin insted. Na da tɛm de bɔku tim dɛn kin tek am se dɛn ɔda jɔs tu smɔl. Na — bɔt smɔl nɔto di kɔz, na di simptom. Smɔl ɔda tin dɛn de sho aw dɛn bil wan faktri in kɔst strɔkchɔ.

Ilɛktronik manufakchurin prayz ɔganayz rawnd big rɔn dɛn. Stensil, fiks, tɛst program ɛn matirial batch ɔl gɛt fɔ pripia, ɛn di kɔst fɔ pripia nɔ gɛt natin fɔ du wit ɔda saiz. Wan plant we de rɔn wan ɔndrɛd tawzin bod dɛn ɛvri mɔnt we de gɛt ɔda fɔ fifti de kɛr di sem sɛtup kɔst fɔ wan smɔl pat pan di autput. I kin lod di wan ol kɔst pan yu ɔ i kin go dɔŋ. Dat nɔto di we aw pɔsin de biev; dɛn nɔ ɛva bil di mashin to dis tolɛreshɔn.

Material Na Harder Fɔ Gɛt Around Pan Ikwipmɛnt

BOM wit sɔm ɔndrɛd layn aytem na sɔm ɔndrɛd indipɛndɛnt sapɔt layn dɛn. Big big ɔda dɛn kin schedul agens di manifakta in prodakshɔn plan ɛn lɔk tu wiks aut. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin gɛt fɔ bay smɔl ɔda tin dɛn wan bay wan frɔm di wan dɛn we de sheb dɛn — ay prayz, miks batch, we nɔ klia usay dɛn kɔmɔt. Di tin dɛn we nɔ izi fɔ du na di pat dɛn we gɛt lɔng lid: di men kɔntrol, di pawa manejmɛnt, di mɛmori, ɛn ɛni nyu tin we dɛn dɔn pul we ɔlman want wan tɛm. Na dɛn wan dɛn de we de stɔp wan schedule.

Kit rate na wan had nɔmba insay wan faktri. I de mɛzhɔ aw bɔku pan wan BOM dɔn rich agens di prodakshɔn plan. BOM we de naynti nayn pasɛnt stil min tri tin dɛn we shɔt; if wan pan dɛn na di pawa chip, di layn kin stɔp. Fɔ di kɔstɔma, layn we dɛn stɔp min se dɛn de delay fɔ sɛn di tin dɛn, ɛn di de we dɛn delay na di prɔjek schedule we dɔn fɔdɔm. Smɔl-batch ɔda dɛn nɔ kin rili sɛnsitiv to dis bikɔs di ɔda tu smɔl fɔ absɔb wan de fɔ idɔl layn kɔst.

Faktɔri dɛn we de tek smɔl ɔda tin dɛn de wok difrɛn we

Wi plant dɔn mek miks ɛn smɔl volyum bi in men biznɛs, ɛn bɔku pan wetin i de du de rɔn opɔsite to wan ay-volyum plant. Di sem SMT layn de tek ay-spid prodakshɔn rɔn ɛn fifti-bɔd injinɛri sɛmpul dɛn ɔl tu, ɛn di chenj-ɔva kɔst de absɔb bay in yon ɔda dɛnsiti. Dɛn kin bay matirial tru di rayt chanɛl dɛn ɛn inspɛkt am bifo dɛn rilis am na di layn, bikɔs kɔmpitishɔn ɛn salv pat dɛn na biznɛs we i nɔ de du. Sampling, payɔt rɔn ɛn volyum prodakshɔn ɔl sidɔm insay wan plant, so di prɔses paramita ɛn kwaliti standad dɛn de kɔnsistɛns akɔdin to stej dɛn instead fɔ drɛf.

Nɔn pan dɛn tin ya nɔ tan lɛk se na advans, bɔt ɛni tin kin gɛt kɔst. Fɔ ol kɔmɔn kɔmpɔnɛnt dɛn na stok kin tay kapital ɛn leta i kin mek invɛntari we nɔ de igen. Fɔ rɔn ful inspekshɔn pan fifti bɔd ɔda nɔ de wok fayn. Klos-lɔp prodakshɔn min se di faktri gɛt fɔ gɛt di bildin dɛn, di ikwipmɛnt dɛn ɛn di pipul dɛn. Fɔ du ɔl tri kɔnsistɛntli se dɛn de trit di smɔl-batch biznɛs lɛk rial layn fɔ biznɛs, nɔto fayv.

Wetin Na Smɔl Batch Rili Bay

Fɔ smɔl tim, di valyu fɔ smɔl batch nɔ ɛva de na di yunit prayz nɔmɔ. I de bay tri tin dɛn: wan difinit ansa, wan we pɔsin kin kɔntrol we i nɔ ebul fɔ du sɔntin, ɛn wan schedule we nɔbɔdi nɔ gɛt fɔ gam pan. Validating wan dizayn asɔmpshɔn wit fifti bod na tin we shɔt pas fɔ bet fayv tawzin pan wan gɛs. Prɔblɛm dɛn kin kɔmɔt fast fast we di vɔlyum smɔl, di blast rayus smɔl, ɛn kɔrɛkshɔn dɛn kin afɔdabul. Ɛn volyum prodakshɔn na jɔs sɛns afta di smɔl-batch stej dɔn dɔn fɔ mek di mistek dɛn.

So we yu de pik wan EMS patna, prayz impɔtant, bɔt di chɛk dɛn we yusful mɔ na if di faktri rili de wok insay smɔl batch dɛn: if dɛn de stok kɔmɔn kɔmpɔnɛnt dɛn, if di ful inspekshɔn sikyud de rɔn pan fifti-bɔd ɔda, ɛn if di sem pipul dɛn we gɛt di sem paramita dɛn de ɛksɛkutiv sampling ɛn volyum prodakshɔn. Dɛn ditil dɛn de kin disayd if di sɛkɔn ɛn tɔd ɔda go fayn. Yu kin sɛn drɔin ɔ sampul rikwaymɛnt dɛn tru wi sayt, wit sɔlv ɛn kot we dɛn kin gi bak insay twɛnti-fo awa.

Us Nɔmba dɛn we De na Kɔt we Dɛn Rili Fiks

Rid wan smɔl-batch kot layn bay layn ɛn i split to tri kayn nɔmba dɛn. Ɛnjinia ɛn stensil fi, fiks kɔst ɛn tɛst program na rili wan-ɔf: pe dɛn wan tɛm ɛn dɛn nɔ de igen. Matirial ɛn PCB kɔst na vɛriɔbul ɛn i de muv wit makɛt prays ɛn kwantiti brek. Di tɔd kayn de ayd insay klia sayt — di per-bɔd lod fɔ ɔvahɛd. Dɛn kin kɔl da nɔmba de frɔm wan volyum we dɛn kin tek, ɛn if yu rial ɔda na wan pat pan tɛn pat pan di tin we dɛn kin tek, di lod kin inflayt akɔdin to dat. Bɔku pan di tin dɛn we nɔ gri bɔt wan kot na rili tin dɛn we nɔ gri bɔt da dinominatɔ de.

Wan fayn kwɛstyɔn fɔ aks na wetin go chenj if di ɔda gro to fayv ɔndrɛd ɔ tawzin. If di ansa na wan yunit prays we rili smɔl ɛn nɔ chenj to di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz wan tɛm nɔmɔ, dɛn kin strɔkchɔ di kot ɔnɛs wan. If di saplay want fɔ ri-kot injinɛri fi pan ay volyum, dɛn bin pad di nɔmba. Wi kot dɛn brok so di wan-ɔf pat de si pan in yon layn: yu kin si wetin yu de pe wan tɛm, wetin yu de pe fɔ ɛni bɔd, ɛn wetin de lɔs di tɛm we di ɔda de gro.

Di Ayd Kɔst fɔ Smɔl Ɔda Na Skedul, Nɔto Prays

Dɛn kin tɔk bɔt wan dia dia kot. Wan de we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ no bifo tɛm nɔ go ebul. Hadwɔd tim dɛn kin ankɔr dɛn plan to wan dɛmo, wan tred sho, ɔ wan de we dɛn dɔn ɔlrɛdi prɔmis to wan kɔstɔma, ɛn ɛvri wik manufakchurin slip dɛn kin drɛg sɔftwɛl hardening, industrial dizayn ɛn makɛt prɛp wit am. Wos pas di delay na di ambiguity: we wan saplay se roughly tu wiks, nobodi dea stat di neks task, en di projek idles in di waiting.

Smɔl ɔda dɛn kin rili sɛnsitiv to dis bikɔs dɛn kin bi verifyeshɔn ɔda. Di tin dɛn we dɛn dɔn tɔk frɔm di fɔs rɔn de disayd if di volyum go fala, so di tim de wach ɛni ditil. Faktri we de queue fifti bod oda bihain faiv tausin bod run don giv yu schedule to oda pesin ritm.

Tri kwɛstyɔn dɛn de sho if faktri rili de rɔn smɔl ɔda: na kɔmɔn kɔmpɔnɛnt dɛn we dɛn de kip na stok, na di ful inspekshɔn sikyud de rɔn pan fifti-bɔd ɔda, ɛn du sampling ɛn volyum prodakshɔn de yuz di sem pipul dɛn ɛn di sem paramita dɛn. If ɔl di tri ansa dɛn na yes, i fayn fɔ put di de we dɛn go sɛn di tin dɛn na di kɔntrakt; if eni ansa na i dipen, bil wan bafa insay di plan.