CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
6 April 2010
Company News
Valor MSS Software Suite for PCB Assembly from Mentor Graphics Wins 2010 Vision Award
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that it has received the 2010 Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Vision Award for the Valor® MSS manufacturing systems solution suite for PCB assembly. The company received the award in the category of MES/ERP/PLM/QMS Process Control and Traceability Software. Mentor's Valor Division was formerly Valor Computerized Systems, Ltd. Dan Weitzman, Americas regional business manager for the Valor division, accepted the award at the SMT Vision Awards ceremony on April 5 during APEX 2010, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center.
Valor's complete interoperable manufacturing execution suite is an industry-first, designed to integrate solutions that will assist manufacturers in the design, planning, monitoring, control, scheduling, box build, traceability, test and rework processes. The product suite is set to provide a long awaited software solution that encompasses the entire production process, from the receipt of goods into the production inventory locations, through to PCA assembly and test, full system assembly and test, right through to the final packing of the finished goods ready for shipment.
The components of the Valor MSS software suite include:
vPlan for complete SMT planning, programming and data management, multi-vendor line balancing, program optimization and process setup documents
vManage, for complete SMT/PCB material control, material verification and traceability, and warehouse management, including a unique just-in-time material kitting and delivery module using real-time consumption as part of shop-floor management solutions
vCheck, a complete PCB quality management solution with AOI/ICT direct interfaces, enforced WIP tracking,repair loop monitoring and control, paperless factory, including synchronized delivery of detailed work instructions for board and system level assembly, and full quality data collection with a business intelligence infrastructure, enabling Web based dynamic reporting for full system genealogy
For more information on Mentor Graphics® PCB and Valor products, visit the company website at http://www.mentor.com/valor.
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