Last week, Karim Lokas, Vice President of Product Strategy for Camstar Systems and Nader Fathi, CEO of SigmaQuest briefed me on the deal. A provider of SaaS (Software as a Service) Supply Chain Intelligence solutions for product quality management, SigmaQuest serves the Medical Device, High-Tech, Clean-Tech, A&D and Telecom industries.

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Looking to deliver more visibility into product quality for manufacturers that source parts and manufacturing services from far and wide, Camstar adds product quality management to its manufacturing execution software.

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On 22 July 2010, manufacturing execution system (MES) provider Camstar Systems announced the acquisition of product quality specialist SigmaQuest. This is Camstar's second acquisition in a year. In October 2009, it acquired TR Group (see "Sights Set on Asia: Camstar Acquires TR Group"), its services partner in the Asia/Pacific region.

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Charlotte-based Camstar Systems Inc. has acquired SigmaQuest, a California software company. Camstar creates software platforms for businesses involved in solar manufacturing, medical devices, biotech, electronics and semiconductors, among others.

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Looking to deliver more visibility into product quality for manufacturers that source parts and manufacturing services from far and wide, Camstar adds product quality management to its manufacturing execution software.

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Leading-edge industries such as solar (i.e., photovoltaic or PV) and semiconductor manufacturing have made a concerted effort to shorten cycle times to improve process and production efficiencies as a means to gain competitive advantage. Many tools have been proposed for reducing cycle times: automation, six sigma, lean manufacturing, and better synchronization between demand and supply. Product quality permeates all these tools. Product quality or the lack of it has a direct and significant impact on total cycle times and lead times. It's time that manufacturers make that connection. In this article, we discuss a closed-loop approach to quality that enables cycle-time reduction.

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Since 2005, China had undergone a rapid rise of photovoltaic industry and has thus became the world’s largest photovoltaic-producing country, which only took 4 years. While, like most industries, solar industry can not be spared the same rule restriction of diminishing returns, even though it never slacken in the pursuit of grid parity. The return of continuous increasing investment is that the cost per watt only a little bit lowered. With the expansion of the solar energy industry, this effect will become increasingly significant.

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Process improvement is routinely portrayed as a journey, so any tool that tips the scales in favor of the journey taker is well worth bringing along.

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Device companies must have the right software in place to prevent issues with quality.

“A lot of quality solutions come from the old mentality that quality equals compliance. The fact is, that’s not true anymore,” said Karim Lokas, vice president of product strategy and marketing for Charlotte, N.C.-based Camstar Inc., a supplier of software that advances product quality. “You can meet the letter of the regulations but not produce a top-quality product. Software that is geared to compliance does not cut it anymore. It has got to be geared to producing a safe and effective product. You can’t get great quality by focusing on compliance, but you can satisfy compliance requirements as a byproduct of focusing on quality.”

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MES Extends its Reach  - For better results, manufacturing software is being integrated with other common business programs.

By William Leventon

Medical device makers require even more software assistance than that provided by manufacturing execution systems (MES), which manage and monitor factory production work. Other commonly used programs help manufacturers with tasks such as quality management, business planning, and product development.

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