Challenge
Our esteemed partner, a renowned leader in the consumer electronics industry,
boasts an impressive product line of power amplifiers, loudspeakers, signal
processing, digital signal transport, and computer control systems. These
top-of-the-line offerings cater to the diverse needs of professional installed,
portable, production, corporate, and cinema customers worldwide.
With numerous separate units dedicated to manufacturing and testing, the daily
output of thousands of quality products is nothing short of exceptional. These
products are expertly crafted at multiple manufacturing units before undergoing
rigorous testing in various testing units.
However, this virtuoso enterprise faced a challenge when it came to
consolidating data from disparate systems across different geographies,
resulting in isolated silos. To overcome this, the company recognized the need
for a unified view of Product Testing KPIs from all testing units.
At our side, we are proud to collaborate with this visionary client to achieve
this goal and empower their continued success in delivering unparalleled
quality and unparalleled products to a global audience.
Solution
In order to leverage the strong visualization capabilities
of Power BI, Beyond Intranet recommended the creation of dashboards instead of
the usual SSRS reports. The Manufacturing Test Flow dashboard aimed to provide
our clients with invaluable insights and recommendations on how to improve
their production and test cycle. By analyzing and exploring opportunities to
enhance overall production, resource, and process efficiency, manufacturers
were able to identify areas for improvement.
The highly customizable dashboards proved to be a useful tool in monitoring key
performance indicators, such as the number of testing rounds required for a
device to pass. With the average threshold for this parameter set at >90%,
it was imperative that devices were declared 'Okay' in the first go in over 90%
of testing cycles. Another critical KPI was the time machines took to test a
device, with different threshold values for every device based on its
complexity and role in the system.
Overall, the Manufacturing Test Flow dashboard on Power BI was a valuable
resource for manufacturers looking to optimize their production and testing
processes.
Results
The Manufacturing Test Flow dashboard proved to be an
invaluable tool for our client, yielding powerful insights from their device
manufacturing and testing data. With highly customizable dashboards and
exceptional visualization capabilities, users could quickly and accurately
pinpoint the root cause of any issues, whether in manufacturing or testing. By
identifying which manufacturing or testing unit was producing defective
components/devices, users could adopt corrective measures and significantly
improve product quality.
Moreover, the dashboard enabled our client to determine whether challenges in
testing methodology or human error were responsible for any shortcomings. This
helped them refine their existing training methodology and optimize their
resources for enhanced efficiency.
With the ability to drill down and access granular reports on the entire
production and test process, our client's key stakeholders could make informed
decisions, leading to faster go-to-market and greater product accuracy. In
short, the Manufacturing Test Flow dashboard was a game-changer for our client
in the highly competitive manufacturing industry.
