Case Study: a global electronics manufacturer boosts SMT line capacity by 60% with Arch Systems

a global electronics manufacturer increases line capacity by 60% with Arch Systems

A global electronics manufacturer was facing challenges with its highest volume SMT line, which was operating below its potential. The engineering and production teams lacked visibility into performance data that was spread across multiple systems, making it difficult to identify bottlenecks, balance the line, and respond quickly to issues like material waste and cycle time drift. To address this, they implemented the Factory Intelligence Platform from Arch Systems.

Arch Systems provided a unified view of production data, enabling real-time operational intelligence. This solution allowed the manufacturer to increase its available line capacity by 60%, improve first pass yield to 99.5%, and reduce material waste to below 0.5%. Supervisors were also able to identify and coordinate corrective actions for production issues in under two minutes. The success of this deployment generated momentum for broader adoption of Arch's platform across additional manufacturing processes.