Case Study: Sanmina achieves global real‑time factory and supply‑chain visibility with 42Q cloud MES

Digital Factory Transformation with 26,000 Pieces of Manufacturing Equipment Connected in the Cloud

Sanmina, a tier‑one contract manufacturer producing 250 million products annually for 700 OEMs, struggled with an on‑premise MES that limited real‑time production visibility, required heavy IT and operations maintenance, and was not well suited for factory automation, IIoT or multi‑site supply chain management. To address this, Sanmina engaged 42Q and its cloud‑based MES/digital factory platform to unify processes across diverse manufacturing types and meet strict regulatory requirements.

42Q deployed a multitenant cloud MES, digitally representing product specs and processes and connecting 26,000 devices across 50 facilities in 15 countries. The 42Q solution created a virtual cloud factory (digital twin) with real‑time WIP, yield and throughput data, automated alerts, multi‑level supply‑chain visibility, browser analytics of millions of records, and plants that self‑deployed with no IT support — delivering rapid adoption and global operational visibility for Sanmina.

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