smtHow can surface mount technology (SMT) manufacturers reduce the cost of using solder paste? As a familysmtMany manufacturers of surface mount technology (SMT) are eager to figure out how to reduce product usage, continuously improve product quality, lower product costs, and enhance work efficiency. This is a business model that many people aim to implement and achieve. So, how exactly should we reduce usage costs? Let's take a look at JJYSolder paste manufacturerLet me tell you all:

First of all, we should choose a solder paste with a high cost performance. One should not blindly pursue low-priced solder paste. The key lies in whether the final soldering effect of the solder paste is good and what the service of the supplier is like. Under the condition of ensuring the quality of the soldered products, choose the cheaper solder paste.

SMTThe production site is the main place where costs are consumed. Therefore, to reduce costs, excessive resource consumption should be eliminated from the production site. The following can also be implemented simultaneously6Carry out this activity to reduce production costs: 

1Improve production quality to reduce costs. The quality during the production process was improved on the production site, reducing product errors, nonconformities, and rework, shortening delivery times, reducing resource consumption, lowering quality costs, and thus reducing the total production cost.

2Improve productivity It should be less (Resources)When "input" is used to produce the same product "output", or when the same "input" is used to produce more "output", productivity is improved. The "input" referred to here means what is invested in production, such as human resources, equipment and materials. "Output" refers to the semi-finished or finished electronic products produced and the value they bring. ApplicationIEThe method optimizes the number of people on the production line(It has been mentioned above)Try to be as concise as possible. This not only reduces costs, but more importantly, it also reduces quality issues, because fewer hands mean fewer chances of human error. When productivity increases, costs decrease accordingly.

3Reduce inventorySMTContract manufacturing isWIPInventory of work-in-progress, overstock. If a certain process on the production line is a bottleneck, there will be work-in-progress accumulated there for a period of time, resulting in inventory, or the supply of a certain component will be insufficient, leading to inventory. Inventory takes up production space and "sits" in the production site or warehouse. It does not generate any added value. On the contrary, they deteriorated the quality and increased management and moving costs. Therefore, it is necessary to implement a balanced production line, average all the production processes, adjust the operation load, achieve one-flow production, and reduce inventory to cut the total cost.

4Shorten the production line. During production, the longer the production line, the more operators and work-in-progress are needed. The more people there are on the production line, the more human errors and other defects occur, which will lead to quality problems, increase quality costs, and also raise labor costs.

5Reduce machine downtime. Machine downtime will disrupt production activities, resulting in excessive work-in-progress, excessive inventory, and excessive repair work, and the quality will also be compromised. All these elements have increased the production cost. A new employee is assigned to a workstation to operate a machine without proper training. The consequence of the delay in operation caused by this is equivalent to the cost of machine crashes. Therefore, it is necessary to do a good job in the maintenance of machines, reduce the failure rate, strengthen the skills training of equipment operators, promptly eliminate minor faults of the equipment, and minimize losses caused by shutdowns.

6To reduce space, it is usually implemented on-site5SFree up excess space, avoid waste of the site, improve effective utilization rate, shorten the production line, integrate separated workstations into the main production line, reduce inventory and minimize handling. All these improvements have reduced the demand for space. 

7FromSMTReduce costs through the management of the surface mount technology (SMT) production process

inSMTDuring the production process, the further down the processing procedure components are, the more the cost will increase relatively. According to statistical data, inSMTIn production60%~70%All the quality problems are related to the solder paste printing process. Therefore, cost reduction should start from the previous processes. Problems with process defects should be solved at the initial stage,The later it goes, the higher the cost required will be. Many enterprises, during the processing, always pass on defective or other substandard components to the next process, believing that they will only be sent for repair when discovered during inspection. This is a huge mistake. For defective products, the causes should be identified promptly and resolved to prevent the problem from being concealed, resulting in the production and accumulation of a large number of defective products, reducing the costs of rework and maintenance, and lowering costs.

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