Qualicent launches an innovative implementation package for implementing the automotive quality management standard IATF16949:2016 which was just released in early October 2016.The innovative package consists of a bootcamp that starts with understanding the company’s critical success factors such as business needs, key customer expectations, opportunities and risks . This is followed by a gap analysis, documentation and gap closure that leverages the IATF16949 standard’s core elements to address these factors. The end goal is to achieve conformance to the standard while boosting actual growth. This approach benefits not only medium to large companies but the smaller startups that are entering the automotive market. Call Qualicent to ask about this innovative package.

Qualicent unveils a highly effective and efficient FMEA process that has been tested through iterations of practical implementations in semiconductors in the last 10 years. It focuses on evidence and data relevant to the product being designed. This approach accelerates the performance of this required core tool in the automotive industry while focusing on failure modes with high probability of occurring. This contrasts with the current practice of using a comprehensive analysis of semiconductor design functional blocks which have become very complex over the years. This complexity leads to a lengthy DFMEA activity not suitable to the required fast pace in semiconductor and electronic development.Qualicent’s DFMEA meets this requirement for fast time to market in these industries. Call Qualicent to ask about our FMEA training and Accelerator package.

Qualicent unveils a cost-effective package to enable semiconductor startups to win and ramp their automotive business. The package includes
1. APQP, PPAP and FMEA Training
2. Successful PPAP development, submission and customer approval
3. ISO/TS16949 Training, Implementation and successful compliance audits
4. AECQ100 Reliability Qualification
This package is backed by a proven track record of corporate automotive quality program management in key semiconductor companies. The package is highly optimized for the needs of small to medium sized startups for highly efficient, rapid and inexpensive solutions and services to ramp their automotive business.

2/17/2016 ZeroDefectMiner ® ‘s Big Wins

The ZeroDefectMiner composite distance algorithms have achieved the following key milestones in December 2015 and February 2016 respectively:
1. It was pitted against the top data analytics giants in a manufacturing evaluation and demonstrated the highest level of prediction accuracy with the lowest false positives for yield failure prediction.
2. It has yet again successfully predicted automotive field failures from various semiconductor data (PCM and Final Test). Todate the number of companies for which successful predictions have completed now involves 14 in the automotive and consumer supply chains. The companies include OEMs, tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 suppliers.
These milestones demonstrate very solid evidence of the software’s strength and robustness in various use cases that can lead to huge financial returns to companies in the automotive, medical devices, commercial and aerospace industries.

2/21/2016 Enabling Automotive Business for Semiconductor Startups

Qualicent unveils a cost-effective package to enable semiconductor startups to win and ramp their automotive business. The package includes
1. APQP, PPAP and FMEA Training
2. Successful PPAP development, submission and customer approval
3. ISO/TS16949 Training, Implementation and successful compliance audits
4. AECQ100 Reliability Qualification
This package is backed by a proven track record of corporate automotive quality program management in key semiconductor companies. The package is highly optimized for the needs of small to medium sized startups for highly efficient, rapid and inexpensive solutions and services to ramp their automotive business.

10/29/2015 Qualicent Boosts ZeroDefectMiner® Decision Support

To address customer needs for rapid resolution of defects, Qualicent is boosting the ZeroDefectMiner^® software’s decision support. The enhancement adds 4 highly automated screens to the existing 5 screens. It features a collaboration platform designed with Qualicent’s in-depth expertise in state-of-the-art product quality software systems. The optimized GUI drives rapid triage and elimination of maverick material from manufacturing.

9/1/2015 ZeroDefectMiner®algorithm Successfully Resolves Tool Defectivity Issue in a Leading Edge Technology Fab

The ZeroDefectMiner^® anomaly detection algorithm resolved a semiconductor equipment tool high defectivity issue through its application on tool sensor data. This development demonstrates the capabilities of the algorithm not just in the prediction and detection of product field failures but of its effectiveness in improving critical factory equipment metrics. The successful study illustrates the technique’s effectiveness for future IoT applications as well.

8/7/2015 ZeroDefectMiner® Powers Supplier Risk Management

The ZeroDefectMiner^®is a valuable and powerful tool for managing risks in the entire supply chain. As part of the ABATE Risk package, our proven software, powerful analytics and solid foundation of risk management methods provides the Supplier Quality and Development Managers with the following tools:

• Zero Defect-Based model/rules discovery to support supplier quality rating and selection
• Composite Distance Anomaly detection for Supplier Qualification
• Increased Manufacturing tool availability and utilization
• Composite Distance Anomaly Detection-based IQC for Safe Launch and SOP
• Zero Defect-based model/rules discovery to support root cause determination of supplier process excursions
• Ongoing Composite Distance Process Control during high volume manufacturing to prevent field failures due to suppliers

With the tsunami of data from the IoT-enabled factories, leveraging on this data and Qualicent’s offerings provides major cost savings from resolution of low yields, line disruptions due to supplier issues and the business impact of field safety or quality issues for all industries.

8/1/2015 Qualicent introduces ABATE Risk Package

In response to the need for risk mitigation in medical device startups, Qualicent is now offering a comprehensive and proactive blend of risk management methods powered by leading edge analytics during the entire product lifecycle. The bundle called ABATE Risk, benefits startups and established companies in all industries by achieving the following

• Zero field defects
• Breakthrough manufacturing yields
• Increased Manufacturing tool availability and utilization
• Unprecedented manufacturing efficiencies
• Improved healthcare outcomes
• Lower healthcare costs

5/6/2015 ZeroDefectMiner® Addresses Alarming Rise in Automotive Electronics Safety Incidents

A new report based on public US NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) and carmaker public data shows a surge in 2014 in the number of recalls due to electrical/electronics in the car. The same report shows that the EWRs (Early Warning Reports) due to electrical/electronics in the automobile has also risen sharply in 2014. EWRs are field safety incidents involving injury or death that trigger investigations that may lead to recalls. The report was released by Stout, Risius and Ross in early 2015.
Qualicent’s ZeroDefectMiner^® software is positioned to reduce these safety incidents through its ability to predict and screen potential field failures in manufacturing. Initial installation of the software algorithms in semiconductors/electronic manufacturing are in the final stages.
If you are interested in evaluating the ZeroDefectMiner^® enterprise, click here to leave a note or call 408 655 2387.

4/10/2015 Crucial Step in Harnessing IoT Analytics ROI

Qualicent’s repertoire of analytics offerings for the automotive, healthcare and manufacturing sectors provide crucial benefits ranging from achieving zero product field defects to improving healthcare outcomes to boosting factory throughputs. In order for these to be achieved, companies must have the will to initiate the changes in their processes that the analytics finds as crucial factors for the improvements to take place. Qualicent’s experience in Quality Process and Systems building provides the necessary business process engineering element that can support client company’s efforts to implement the changes. The trio of offerings – analytics, big data, quality management provide a powerful package for achieving true ROI from data across industries and from the emerging Internet of Things.

4/7/2015 Analytics Is the path to Monetizing the IoT

The topic of IoT has caught fire in industry symposia, summits and conferences. Numerous IoT companies now dot the startup landscape. If there is one thing that resonates among industry pundits in these gatherings, it is the fact that analytics will be crucial in monetizing the IoT. Qualicent’s experience in mining semiconductor equipment data provides the starting point to address the industrial IoT. The proven ZeroDefectMiner ® algorithms can be leveraged for healthcare and connected car analytics. For more inquiries, call 408-655 2387.

3/4/2015 Qualicent Addresses Semiconductor Equipment Space

Qualicent is providing advanced analytics services to a top semiconductor equipment company. In this engagement, Qualicent’s arsenal of techniques and process tool domain experience are being used to resolve tool-related process excursions in leading semiconductor fabs in the world.

12/20/2014 Qualicent to Launch Quality Engineering and Management Services

Qualicent will be offering Quality Engineering and Management Services starting 2015. This includes:

1. Zero Defect methods for Automotive semiconductor/electronics and medical devices
2. Supplier audits and bring-up for automotive and medical electronic manufacturers
3. Certification or conformance to ISO/TS16949 and/or ISO13485.
4. APQP and FMEA Training

Qualicent experience includes decades in semiconductor/electronics quality and reliability engineering, failure analysis, customer quality, supplier quality and quality system standards. It includes 10 successful certifications/conformance audits to ISO9001 and ISO/TS16949, fast-track bring-up of electronic manufacturers to automotive requirements, successful safe launch and proven very low DPPM for top automotive OEM and tier 1 customers.

12/15/2014 ZeroDefectMiner ® Enterprise Is Coming

Qualicent is gearing up for ZeroDefectMiner^® enterprise. The machine learning software, now a registered brand is in the final stages of beta. This full feature version integrates with the existing customer enterprise systems ensuring a closed loop process for addressing potential field failures. The software is architected for scalability with Hadoop big data platform. With patent-pending algorithms proven to accurately detect actual field failures from manufacturing data, it boosts standard process controls to achieve zero defect in automotive, medical and aerospace. The software features 2 modules, Discovery for design and development and Advanced Outlier Detection for production. These modules can be purchased separately or as a full suite. Qualicent has a very cost effective starter bundle that includes the powerful Outlier Detection module and 8 weeks of turn-key project to solve actual field and safety failure issues.

12/8/2014 ZeroDefectMiner ® Conformance to Industry Standards

The ZERODEFECTMINER^® enterprise is developed with automotive, medical devices and aerospace industry requirements and regulations in mind. Qualicent’s body of knowledge in ISO9001, ISO/TS16949, ISO13485 enables the conformance to these standards and industry regulations. Years of successful deployment of risk assessment methods such as FMEA and stringent requirements and best practices in automotive new product development (hardware and software) ensures design to requirement traceability, DFMEA practice and due diligence in Verification, Validation and Testing of the Qualicent Software.

8/20/2014 ZeroDefectMiner ® Predicts Actual Automotive Field Failures

The The ZeroDefectMiner^® distance analysis technique has successfully predicted field failures in leading carmakers in Europe and US. Applying the technique on silicon fab and electronic manufacturing data showed the field failures as distinct outliers on the software’s novel distance control chart whereas they passed spec limits in the production test. The data were from leading semiconductor suppliers (US and Europe) and electronic manufacturers in Asia.

3/28/2014 Qualicent Offers Big Data Solutions

Qualicent complements its data analytics services with big data infrastructure implementation without the big price tag. We can get you started with as little as 1 low-cost server and scale up on demand.

8/18/2013 Qualicent expands global reach to SE Asia

Qualicent has increased its global reach by establishing a Sales Office in South East Asia. Qualicent Philippines will address the South East Asian market’s growing need for product and manufacturing process enhancing solutions. Qualicent’s software + services and proven track record of discovering key variables affecting product performance and manufacturing yields and throughputs are expected to benefit the region’s retail, electronic, semiconductor, automotive and industrial sectors.

6/19/2013 Qualicent adds resources in India

In an effort to expand product and service offerings, Qualicent has added engineering resources in Bangalore. The Bangalore team brings expertise in machine learning algorithms, software development, operations research and automotive warranty mining.

3/19/2013 Qualicent mines automotive semiconductor data

Qualicent is addressing the needs of the automotive semiconductor sector by providing data mining solutions to a leading semiconductor company. The application of advanced data mining techniques and proprietary solutions are expected to help achieve the stringent product quality levels required in this industry.

12/12/2012 Qualicent successfully mines PV solar data

Qualicent Analytics recently completed a data mining project with a leading PV solar company. This exercise discovered key variables that significantly influence cell efficiency. This successful engagement demonstrates powerful techniques that are available at Qualicent and which can be applied to various industries including semiconductor, automotive, solar / energy, LED, display, MEMS, lifesciences and others.