Case Study: REC Technologist accelerates wafer defect root-cause analysis with TIBCO Software's Spotfire

REC Looks to TIBCO Spotfire Visual Analytics to Improve Silicon Wafer Production Yields

REC, a multi‑billion dollar Norwegian solar company that produces polysilicon, wafers, cells and modules, struggled to analyze the millions of wafer- and block-level records generated weekly. Traditional tools like Excel and SQL could not handle the volume or distributed data sources, leaving engineers dependent on IT and outside vendors for slow, costly reports and lengthy data preparation.

REC implemented TIBCO Spotfire for ad‑hoc visual analytics and self‑service dashboards that combine distributed data, enable instant drill‑down and heat‑map defect mapping, and shorten analyses from months or hours to minutes. The move freed users from tedious data extraction, sped root‑cause identification, eliminated recurring reporting work, and uncovered patterns leading to targeted projects that can improve production yield.