PC Partner Invests in Cogiscan Track, Trace, Control System

PC Partner, a Hong Kong based EMS company, has deployed a complete track, trace and control (TTC) system from Cogiscan in their factories located in Dongguan, China.

PC Partner said it made this strategic investment in order to gain a competitive edge in the EMS business. According to the company, the Cogiscan TTC system reduces manufacturing costs by increasing overall productivity. The machine and line downtime are minimized, while quality and yields are optimized. PC Partner added that it can now demonstrate to their customers that all critical aspects of the process are controlled by a closed-loop system which eliminates the risk of human errors.

This represents a large scale deployment of the Cogiscan TTC system over 33 SMT lines and 95 pick-and-place machines of various brands and models. The system includes TTC software and RFID Smart Feeder hardware.

Alan Poon, Operation Manager of the factory, commented: "This system works with any machine brand and model, making them all look alike in the software. With this solution in place, all of our machines are now intelligent and we have real-time data to make sure our lines never stop." He went on to say: "With such a large project scope and the specific challenges of integrating the RFID with different model of machines, Cogiscan did a good job in delivering the system on time and on budget with minimal disruption to our ongoing 24 x 7 SMT operation."

Future plans are in place to expand the scope of the system to include solutions such as traceability, MSD control and eventually factory-wide track, trace and control of all materials and products, from receiving to shipping.

Cogiscan's Co-President, Vincent Dubois explains; "We are honored to partner with this leading EMS company in China. This project clearly shows the value of the Cogiscan TTC system for all categories of electronics manufacturers. This technology used to be required for high reliability products such as defense, aerospace, automotive and medical and now it is moving into mainstream manufacturing for computer and consumer electronics."

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