Whether prototype or series – preparation takes the same amount of work for every order, and every data error becomes expensive in production. EFA SmartSuite takes over the tedious work: cross-checking customer data, detecting changes, preparing it for production.
6 typical hurdles – each one costs time before production can start.
Customer data from many files
Coordinate file, BoM, assembly plan and additional tables each come in a different format – and with every update, reading in starts all over again.
Inconsistent documents
Coordinates, BoM and assembly plan do not match. Every inconsistency has to be found and clarified with the customer.
Changes after consultation
The customer sends a revised BoM: what is new, what is different? And afterwards everything has to be checked again.
Incomplete assembly plans
Missing orientations, missing texts or components without coordinates, such as THT components: the plan has to be corrected before it goes into production.
Plans for manual assembly
Anyone assembling by hand needs a clear plan: which components, at which position, in which order.
Export for every machine
Every machine expects its own data fields, separators and units – plus panels and assembly variants.
How EFA SmartSuite helps ..
5 steps – from the customer data through checking to the export for production.
Read in all customer data
Read in instead of retyping
Combine coordinate file, BoM and assembly plan in one project – the tables in almost any format
Split grouped designators such as “C1-5” and convert summary BoMs into individual lines
Group identical components under one part number
Separate components by top and bottom side
Match against your own component library
Once by hand – then by macro
Whatever you have read in once by hand, a macro then reads in automatically – including many similar tables. This applies to every table you read in, for example:
BoM
BoM updates
Coordinate file
Additional tables
And if you need more: we implement special additional functions to customer specifications at any time.
Check and cross-check data
Cross-check instead of checking line by line
Cross-check coordinate list and BoM against each other – inconsistencies at a glance
Display all data together with the assembly plan
Edit the assembly plan, for example add texts or missing orientations
Teach in components without coordinates, such as THT components, directly on the assembly plan – they are then also available for inspection and manual assembly
Clarify inconsistencies specifically with the customer
Incorporate changes
Detect instead of searching
Read in a revised BoM – automatically by macro – and compare it with the previous revision
Changes highlighted in colour, changed values readable at once
Export the change view
Every revision remains traceable
Assembly plans for manual assembly
Colour-code instead of marking by hand
Colour-code components automatically by part number – same part number, same colour
Printout with legend and component information
Freely define the order and the division across several pages
Additionally mark components that are not to be fitted
Edit plans at any time
Export for production
Export instead of reformatting
Set up the export once: data fields, order and separators freely selectable
Automatic conversion between mil and mm
Take assembly variants into account
Calculate coordinates for the entire panel from the panel configuration – even with rotated or nested individual boards
Then EFA CAMverse turns it into a fully set-up EFA project – with BoM, coordinates and assembly drawings of both sides, without you having to transfer anything by hand.
Besides time savings of more than 50 % in work preparation, this method offers additional reliability when cross-checking customer data, which suits our high quality standards very well.
Rolf-Dieter HaakeTechnical Director · A+B Electronic
With EFA, we can convert the various formats of customer data into a standard format for production.
Marco SchönefeldManaging Director · proServ electronic
The work preparation functions won us over. Our processes have been noticeably optimised as a result.
Daniel HornischerWork Preparation · Fercad Elektronik
Our processes are now significantly faster.
Thorsten LiberaWork Preparation · Fercad Elektronik
