HANNOVER, Germany, April 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Monday at the
Hannover Messe industrial fair, Microsoft Corp. announced that
Jabil, one of the world's leading design and manufacturing solution
providers, has built its predictive analytics solution on Microsoft
Azure Machine Learning. The new platform predicts errors or
failures on the assembly floor before they occur, saving its
customers time and money while delivering superior quality and
shortened product lead times throughout the entire supply chain.
Jabil has rolled out the platform in two of its megasites in
Penang, Malaysia, and Guadalajara, Mexico, and plans to deploy the
solution to its facilities worldwide.
In digital manufacturing, quality assurance across the assembly
line is imperative. Identifying errors, slowdowns and potential
failures before they occur rather than after they happen can help
companies be more proactive and improve productivity.
Through a collaboration with Microsoft, Jabil is using Microsoft
Azure services to analyze millions of data points from machines
running dozens of steps throughout the manufacturing process.
Through Azure Machine Learning, Jabil can help predict failures
earlier in the process, for example, at step two in a 32-step
process instead of step 15.
"Since deploying the Microsoft predictive analytics solutions we
have seen at least an 80 percent accuracy rate in the prediction of
machine processes that will slow down or fail, contributing to a
scrap and rework savings of 17 percent," said Clint Belinsky, vice president, Global Quality,
Jabil. "As our customers constantly look for ways to innovate, it
is very impactful to show them a predictive solution that will
ensure quality and increase their speed to market."
"Jabil's digital transformation on the factory floor will
reshape its industry," said Jason
Zander, corporate vice president of Microsoft Azure at
Microsoft. "As product cycle times shorten and products get
smarter, Jabil understands how the intelligent cloud combined with
predictive analytics will help it support the needs of its
customers."
In addition to time and cost savings through the reduction of
waste, Jabil's operators and engineers can also proactively make
adjustments to equipment based on predictions, eliminating the need
for unnecessary inspections that cause downtime.
A demonstration of the collaboration is on display at the
Microsoft Booth at Hannover Messe 2016 in Hall 7, Booth C40.
About Jabil
Jabil is an electronic product
solutions company providing comprehensive electronics design,
production and product management services to global electronics
and technology companies. Offering complete product supply chain
management from facilities in 28 countries, Jabil provides
comprehensive, individualized-focused solutions to customers in a
broad range of industries. Jabil common stock is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol, "JBL". Further information is
available on Jabil's website: jabil.com.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft)
is the leading platform and productivity company for the
mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower
every person and every organization on the planet to achieve
more.
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