HOW MUCH OF MY PRODUCT LAUNCH AND ECO IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES CAN AEGIS SYSTEMS SUPPORT?

Process Definition: CAD conversion, authoring and automation visual aids for operators, route design, off-line machine programming and optimization.

Product Definition: BOM import, parsing, error checking, compares, AVL/AML management, component engineering and BOM and process version control.

Test Engineering: Off-line development of fixture designs and flying-probe and ICT test equipment programs.

Release Process: Electronic web-based review and approval/rejection of BOM and process prior to readiness for the MES functions.

HOW MANY TYPES OF MACHINES DOES AEGIS PROGRAM?

Aegis programs over 175 makes and models of machines. These machines include most printers, dispensers, placement, reflow, test, inspection, AOI, xRay, and automatic and semi-automatic through-hole insertion equipment.

AEGIS OFFERS "MATERIALS CONTROL" DOES THIS REPLACE MY MRP MATERIALS CONTROL?

No. Aegis deploys systems to control materials from as they leave inventory, move around the floor to the process, and are returned. this involves the transfer of information from and to MRP/ERP, but does not replace MRP/ERP materials functions.

HOW MANY TYPES OF CAD DOES AEGIS IMPORT?

Aegis includes native importers of Gerber and scanned product images. In addition, over 30 native EDA CAD design formats are natively imported and processed.

WHAT IS AEGIS LANGUAGE COMPATIBILITY?

Aegis products are Unicode from Version 6.1 forward. Many languages are available at present and others can be developed quickly for a fee.

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE AEGIS MES SOLUTION?

• Paperless document viewing.

• Offline and online materials setup guidance and verification.

• Machine data acquisition.

• Product tracking and route control.

• Quality data collection, repair and reporting.

• Quality, Performance, Efficiency, and Status Dashboard.

• Line flow control.

• Test and test data acquisition.

• Repair loop management.

• Pan-process SPC, alarming, reporting, and analysis.

• System build, final integration.

• Packout.

• Total traceability the materials, product, process, and test.

CAN I SUPPORT BOX-BUILD AND FINAL INTEGRATION OPERATIONS WITH AEGIS?

Yes. Aegis visual aids authoring and paperless delivery systems support mechanical CAD and can build intelligence back into the CAD by linking it intelligently to the BOM. The system also supports full video and audio for more complex mechanical assembly instructions.

HOW IS AEGIS MACHINE PROGRAMMING SUPERIOR TO OTHER OFFERINGS?

Aegis machine programming interfaces work with the machine vendor systems rather than around them. 7 years ago, the model was that the offline programming system would have to maintain all control and 'push' data to the machine. Aegis was the first to suggest that there should be a communicative interface to the machine through an API to enable the offline programming system access to the functions, optimization and library data seamlessly. Today, this model has since been validated by the fact that most  major machine vendors have built these API's and Aegis is the only system architected to leverage the benefits of such integration.

AEGIS HAS VERSION CONTROL. IS THIS PDM?

No. Most Aegis customers run a PDM solution of their own, in addition to Aegis. Aegis' version control functions are meant to provide a process and product version control backbone to the MES systems, but not to function as an engineering PDM solution or workflow solution.

DOES AEGIS SUPPORT NESTED ASSEMBLIES?

Yes, there is no limit to the hierarchy of upper and lower assemblies.

DOES THE SYSTEM HANDLE MULTIPLE CUSTOMER PART NUMBER DATABASES AGAINST AN INTERNAL PART DATABASE?

Yes. An unlimited number of customer part numbering systems can be mapped and maintained against the internal manufacturing numbering system, or the system can simply use the customers' numbers.

HOW DOES AEGIS HANDLE PROCESS DEVIATIONS?

The Aegis solution offers several levels of deviation management to accommodate the different intensities of the particular business situation requiring a change to an actively running job on the factory floor. All but the most emergency method is tracked for traceability.

• A Process Version change is a formal way of implementing a change to process and/or BOM on the factory floor, which induces a controlled change to the affected jobs.

• A Real-Time Deviation allows engineers with proper rights to send a deviation document into the system and induce operator notifications on any affected product instantly, forcing acknowledgement of the change, and presenting the override instructions.

• An Emergency Change allows users of very high rights control to edit the visuals and process of an active job without affecting the deviation records or issuing a new Process Version.