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High-tech

PLM for High Tech

For managing complex supply chains, ensuring regulatory compliance, optimizing resource allocation, and more.

Agility and strategic foresight are essential for maintaining competitiveness in high tech. Companies need to navigate complex supply chains, often spanning multiple countries, to source components and materials while ensuring compliance with stringent regulatory standards across different markets. Resource allocation is crucial, and the pressure to improve time-to-market is immense.

Let’s find out how we can help you achieve your goals in this fast-paced industry.

Tell us about your organization’s challenges

Take a moment to read through the information below, and put a tick against the obstacles you’re ready to overcome. Once we know a bit more about your business, we’d be happy to put a custom demonstration together for you.

Design complexity

3DEXPERIENCE supports the creation of virtual twins, allowing companies to simulate and optimize product designs before physical production. This reduces time-to-market and enhances design accuracy.

Miniaturization, system integration, and thermals
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Chip-scale packaging

As devices become smaller, CSP (chip-scale packaging) allows for more compact designs but increases the complexity of manufacturing and testing due to tighter tolerances and more intricate assembly processes.

CATIA provides advanced modeling capabilities for designing compact and efficient chip-scale packages, ensuring precise handling and assembly techniques.

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MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems)

MEMS technology integrates tiny mechanical structures with electronic circuits on a chip. This enables advanced functionalities like sensors and actuators in compact forms, but demands specialized fabrication processes to maintain accuracy and reliability.

SIMULIA offers advanced simulation capabilities to model and analyze the mechanical and thermal behavior of chip-scale packages and MEMS, ensuring performance and reliability in compact designs.

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Multi-layered circuit boards

These boards stack multiple layers of circuits to increase functionality without increasing footprint. They require precise alignment and insulation between layers to prevent electrical interference and ensure signal integrity.

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CST Studio Suite offers multiscale simulation for circuit boards, allowing designers to ensure signal integrity and manage electromagnetic interference in complex, multi-layered PCB designs.

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Heterogeneous integration

This approach combines different types of components (e.g., digital, analog, RF) into a single package or system. It enhances device capabilities but poses challenges in managing thermal dissipation and ensuring compatibility among diverse technologies.

CATIA supports the integration of diverse components into a single system, providing tools for design collaboration and system-level simulation to manage thermal dissipation and compatibility issues.

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Active cooling solutions

These systems, such as fans or liquid cooling, actively remove heat from devices. They are essential for high-performance electronics but add complexity, cost, and potential points of failure to the system.

SOLIDWORKS provides thermal analysis tools to optimize heat sink designs and active cooling solutions, helping engineers simulate heat transfer and airflow to prevent overheating.

Manufacturing processes

The 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports BIM Level III with multidisciplinary modeling and attribute management. It offers a collaborative model based on data management in a PLM context, enhancing coordination across teams.

Precision, materials, and yield optimization
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Robotic pick-and-place

Robots are used to place components onto circuit boards with high precision and speed, reducing human error and increasing throughput. However, this requires significant investment in robotic systems and programming expertise.

DELMIA simulates and validates robotic operations in a virtual environment, optimizing robot programming for efficient pick-and-place tasks without disrupting production.

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Automated inspection

Automated systems use advanced imaging technologies to inspect products for defects during manufacturing. This ensures high quality but involves integrating sophisticated software and hardware solutions.

DELMIA enhances quality inspection processes using augmented reality to guide operators through defect detection, improving accuracy and reducing inspection times.

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Exotic alloy fabrication

High-tech applications often require alloys with specific properties (e.g., high strength, corrosion resistance) that are difficult to fabricate consistently, impacting production costs and timelines.

SIMULIA supports material modeling and simulation for exotic alloys and thin films, enabling precise control over fabrication processes to achieve desired material properties.

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Thin-film deposition

This process creates very thin layers of material on substrates, essential for semiconductors and displays. It requires precise control over deposition parameters to achieve uniformity and desired material properties.

Abaqus offers linear and non-linear FEA (finite element analysis) for detailed material analysis. It supports the simulation of static and dynamic events, thermal stress analysis, and more.

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SPC (statistical process control)

SPC involves using statistical methods to monitor and control manufacturing processes, ensuring product quality by detecting variations early. Implementing SPC requires data collection systems and analytical expertise.

DELMIA provides real-time tracking of manufacturing quality through statistical analysis, helping identify process variations early to enhance yield rates.

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Defect reduction

These techniques focus on identifying root causes of defects and implementing corrective actions to improve yield rates, which can involve process redesigns or equipment upgrades.

DELMIA provides real-time tracking of manufacturing quality through statistical analysis, helping identify process variations early to enhance yield rates.

Supply chain management

Sourcing, inventory control, and obsolescence
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Overseas supplier qualification

Ensuring that international suppliers meet quality standards involves rigorous audits and assessments, which can be challenging due to cultural differences and regulatory variations.

ENOVIA on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform manages supplier relationships and logistics coordination by providing tools for global sourcing and supply chain visibility.

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Logistics coordination

Managing the transportation of components across global supply chains requires careful planning to avoid delays and disruptions caused by geopolitical tensions or natural disasters.

3DEXPERIENCE supports real-time data collection and analysis capabilities.

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Demand forecasting

Predicting future demand accurately helps maintain optimal inventory levels but is complicated by rapid technological changes and market volatility.

DELMIA analyzes historical data and market trends to accurately forecast demand, facilitating JIT manufacturing by aligning production schedules with real-time demand signals.

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JIT (just-in-time) manufacturing

JIT minimizes inventory costs by synchronizing production schedules with demand forecasts, requiring precise coordination with suppliers to prevent stock outs or overproduction.

DELMIA analyzes historical data and market trends to accurately forecast demand, facilitating JIT manufacturing by aligning production schedules with real-time demand signals.

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End-of-life component replacement

Proactively managing the lifecycle of components involves identifying alternatives or redesigning products when parts become obsolete, ensuring production continuity.

ENOVIA manages product lifecycle data to track component availability and support design strategies that mitigate obsolescence risks.

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Design for longevity

Designing products with long-term component availability in mind helps mitigate risks associated with obsolescence, often involving collaboration with suppliers on future component roadmaps.

ENOVIA manages product lifecycle data to track component availability and support design strategies that mitigate obsolescence risks.

Quality assurance

Reliability and compliance
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ALT (accelerated life testing)

Deploying extensive sensor networks enables real-time data collection across operations, enhancing decision-making capabilities but requiring robust data management systems.

SIMULIA offers simulation tools for performing ALT and ESS virtually, allowing engineers to predict product reliability under extreme conditions without extensive physical testing.

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ESS (environmental stress screening)

ESS exposes products to stressors like temperature fluctuations or vibrations to uncover latent defects, enhancing product reliability under real-world conditions.

SIMULIA offers simulation tools for performing ALT and ESS virtually, allowing engineers to predict product reliability under extreme conditions without extensive physical testing.

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Safety certification

Obtaining certifications like UL or CE marks involves extensive testing and documentation to ensure products meet safety standards, which can be resource-intensive but necessary for market access.

3DEXPERIENCE integrates compliance management solutions to streamline certification processes and ensure adherence to safety and emissions regulations across product lifecycles.

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Emissions standards

Compliance with emission regulations requires ongoing monitoring of manufacturing processes to reduce pollutants and adapt to evolving environmental laws.

3DEXPERIENCE integrates compliance management solutions to streamline certification processes and ensure adherence to safety and emissions regulations across product lifecycles.

Cost optimization

Lean manufacturing and outsourcing
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Process automation

Automating repetitive tasks reduces labor costs and increases efficiency but requires significant investment in technology infrastructure and employee training.

DELMIA provides tools for digital manufacturing, allowing companies to simulate and optimize production workflows, reducing labor costs and increasing efficiency through automation.

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Waste elimination

Lean principles focus on identifying non-value-added activities within processes to streamline operations, reducing costs while maintaining quality.

3DEXPERIENCE supports lean manufacturing principles by providing tools for process optimization and waste reduction. It helps identify non-value-added activities and streamline operations, thus enhancing quality while reducing costs.

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Contract manufacturing

Outsourcing production to specialized firms reduces internal costs, but necessitates careful partner selection to maintain quality standards and protect intellectual property.

3DEXPERIENCE allows you to connect with a network of qualified manufacturers for outsourcing production. It facilitates partner selection by providing access to a wide range of suppliers, ensuring quality standards and protecting intellectual property.

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DFM (design for manufacturability)

Simplifying product designs facilitates easier manufacturing processes, reducing costs while ensuring consistent quality through collaboration between design and production teams.

CATIA offers robust capabilities for designing products with manufacturability in mind. They enable engineers to create designs that are easier to manufacture, reducing costs and ensuring consistent quality through collaboration between design and production teams.

Sustainability

Energy efficiency and circular economy
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Renewable power integration

Incorporating renewable energy sources like solar or wind into operations reduces carbon footprint, but may require significant infrastructure investments.

LCA (lifecycle assessment) helps integrate renewable energy sources into operations by optimizing energy use and supporting infrastructure planning for sustainable practices

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Waste heat recovery

Capturing excess heat from industrial processes for reuse improves overall energy efficiency, reducing operational costs while supporting sustainability goals.

SIMULIA provides simulation tools to analyze and optimize waste heat recovery systems. This helps improve overall energy efficiency by capturing excess heat from industrial processes for reuse, thereby supporting sustainability goals.

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Remanufacturing

Refurbishing used components extends product life cycles, reducing waste generation and resource consumption while creating new revenue streams.

ENOVIA helps with remanufacturing processes by managing product lifecycle data and supporting the refurbishment of used components. This extends product life cycles, reduces waste generation, and creates new revenue streams.

Material recycling

Recovering materials from end-of-life products for reuse supports sustainability by minimizing raw material usage and reducing environmental impact through closed-loop systems.

3DEXPERIENCE supports material recycling initiatives by providing tools for lifecycle assessment and closed-loop systems management. This helps minimize raw material usage and reduce environmental impact through effective recycling strategies.

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