Challenges

For notebook manufacturing

Cost-control is essential because margins are very low. Fierce competition also makes demand predictability important. In addition, the notebook manufacturing industry focuses on product quality as poor quality costs a lot of money. Primary challenges in the industry are:

Lowering production costs

As a market segment with very high volumes, short lifecycles and huge price erosion, a fast ramp-up, high efficiency and very low cost of ownership are essential requirements.

Reducing the cost of ownership

• High reliability with a high Mean Time Between Failure
• Flawless running for continuous output
• Very low maintenance costs
• Low power and air consumption
• Low initial investment (via leasing and rental constructions)

Increasing production efficiency

• Short ramp-up times
• Easy product preparation
• Single platform solution
• Ease of use
• Easy integration into logistics and Management Information Systems (MIS)

Assembléon solutions offer high first-pass yield and best-in-class board quality with the industry’s lowest defects per million levels. They also meet all the production cost, cost-of-ownership and production efficiency requirements of the notebook manufacturing industry.