Case Study: Murata Manufacturing achieves 1% production yield gain (~$50M) with SAS Production Quality Analytics

Murata Manufacturing improves production yield with analytics

Murata Manufacturing, a global producer of electronic components for smartphones, audiovisual equipment and vehicles, needed to raise production yield without revamping its long‑standing, multistep manufacturing processes. With tens of billions of parts made monthly and many variables (sensor readings, temperatures, component failures) across multiple factories, engineers required a faster way to analyze disparate data—knowing that even a 1% yield improvement equates to roughly $50 million annually.

Murata deployed SAS Production Quality Analytics to centralize sensor and production data, speed up cleansing and mining, and give engineers a single view across plants. That enabled targeted analysis of process and environmental factors, faster problem resolution, measurable yield improvements and substantial cost savings, helping Murata sustain its competitive, data‑driven manufacturing approach.

Murata Manufacturing

Makoto Miyamori

Senior Manager of the No. 2 Manufacturing Innovation Section