Mentor Graphic Lean NPI Solution 2014

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The Lean NPI Flow:Seamless Integration of PCB Design

& Manufacturing Processes

Better for Design, Better for Manufacturing

David Wiens & Michael FordMentor Graphics

www.mentor.com© 2014 Mentor Graphics Corp. Company Confidential

Mentor Graphics

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Electronic design automation (EDA) industry pioneer and global innovator of advanced design solutions

Founded in 1981 Revenue ~$1.15B; 7% CAGR Market share ~23% of worldwide EDA market; ~45% of PCB

Source: EDAC Market Statistics



The New Product Introduction (NPI) Process

PCB Design

Define the Product

NPI

Optimize Product to Processes

Prepare Process Instructions

Executing PCB Fabrication

Execute Manufacturing Process

Executing PCB Assembly

Execute Assembly Process

Design-Through-Manufacturing


Why NPI Matters

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Product Costs Are Committed In The Design Phase

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70%

Design Manufacturing/Execution/Realization

Design NPI Ramp to volume

Volume Sustain – End-of-Life

Cost incurred

Cost committed

Reduce costs by left shifting towards design


Traditional NPI Process

Where is the waste in the NPI flow?– Call-backs from manufacturing– Data reconstruction, misunderstandings & mistakes

How many design revision spins during the NPI phase?– Industry average: 2.8 design revision spins, per design

– (Aberdeen Research, Printed Circuit Design Integrity)



Best Practice NPI Flow Until Today – Putting Pieces Together

DFM verification at the design level:– Based on manufacturing rules– Reduced cost and first-pass yield– With fewer design revision spins

Manufacturing-level product-data:– Control over what is manufactured– Eliminates data reconstruction & guesswork

Consistency in manufacturing:– Multiple vendors, fabrication and assembly, from the same model


Valor NPI

Lean NPI Flow 2014 - Let’s Look At How This Works



DFM Left-Shifted - Now Embedded Into Design

Valor DFM technology embedded in Xpedition:– DFM in the context of the layout process

– Rules managed centrally for all designers on the network

– Designer need not have manufacturing domain knowledge

– Improve manufacturability at source

– Good news for manufacturing!


Valor NPI

Intelligent, Integrated Product-Model Hand-Off



ODB++ v8 in the Xpedition Lean NPI Flow

Complete product-model Links product-NPI and process-NPI De-facto standard Structured, integrated No need for drawings

– Direct load into software-driven processes– High automation– High repeatability– High quality– Reduced supply-chain risk


Process-NPI: Fabrication



Process-NPI: Assembly & Test

Valor Process Preparation


Enterprise Global Build Process Preparation

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NPI once, not NPI again, over and over Central engineering libraries Auto-generation & simulation Product portability Integrated NPI & process

preparation, for EMS



We started with a complicated problem:– A major bottleneck to business innovation & success

Summary


We started with a complicated problem:– A major bottleneck to business innovation & success

Summary

We have achieved an industry first:– A complete lean NPI flow– DFM fully embedded into design– Enhanced manufacturing product-model hand-off– Immediate process preparation, globally – Better for design, better for manufacturing

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