Silicon Forest Electronics is upgrading from Aegis' New Product Introduction (NPI) system to the full Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to meet the needs of its customers for shopfloor information.
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation (Aegis) has been selected by Silicon Forest Electronics to expedite and improve product launch and shop floor execution. Silicon Forest has built its reputation for fast and reliable customer response to product launch and engineering changes using Aegis' New Product Introduction (NPI) systems for several years. The decision to expand from Aegis' NPI into its full Manufacturing Execution System (MES) package will greatly increase its ability to meet and exceed the stringent shopfloor information management demands of its clients, particularly in the defence market.
Peter Wong, Silicon Forest's Vice President of Technology, states: "Aegis is a proven product we have used to satisfy our customers' demand for responsiveness and reliability for years. Extending our solution to include shopfloor functions offers our clients greater speed of service, process control and information visibility. Deployment of the paperless functionality alone proved to save 400 man-hours monthly. The product tracking and quality functions now enable world-class data fulfilment capabilities to our customers."
Silicon Forest is leveraging the value of having based its manufacturing information backbone in Aegis' hands by expanding seamlessly from process planning into manufacturing execution. Partnering with Aegis means its existing NPI systems use the same information platform as its MES system and does not require a migration process to move into greater enterprise functionality. With the new extended Aegis package, Silicon Forest now enjoys an automated and high-velocity path from customer data, process planning, and document generation, through paperless dispatching, product tracking and quality, and repair automation.
Jason Spera, Aegis CEO, comments: "As a long-standing NPI customer, Silicon Forest's migration into the larger Aegis MES offering is something we greatly appreciate. Our system-level solution was envisioned and designed by Aegis to enable customers a path upwards in capability without loss of data or investment. We look forward to help further distinguish Silicon Forest as a leader in the markets they service."
