Mentor Graphics Announces OEM Worldwide’s Purchase and Implementation of Valor Software Solutions

Craig Green, CEO of OEM Worldwide, purchased the OEM Trilogy™ 5000 Data Preparation software from the Valor® Division of Mentor Graphics, as well as design-for-manufacturing (DFM) analysis software tools for assembly, test, and bare board.

“OEM Worldwide purchased the Valor tools for two primary reasons,” said Jamie Hale, OEM Worldwide vice president of technical services. “The first is to scrub and standardize master data from customers to create a lean standard work process through new product introduction.” Having a standard set of data for each new product will help automate and streamline all of the data load process into existing OEM systems with verifiable accuracy. This also will provide a feedback loop to the customer that they have conflicting data sets in their PLM system.

“The other reason is for DFM reporting,” Hale continued. “The verification of design and feedback to customer design teams is critical to preventing line down situations and follow on quality defects in the process. The complexity of design has made human review of design data an obsolete process.”

“The Valor solutions from Mentor provide electronics manufacturers with a sustainable competitive advantage by allowing them to offer a higher value proposition to their customers, as well as improved communications with their customers’ R&D and design departments,” said Dan Hoz, general manager of the Mentor Graphics Valor Division. “In today’s dynamic manufacturing environment, this is a ‘must-have,’ and we are happy to see that OEM Worldwide also will be able to benefit from them.”

The Valor OEM Trilogy 5000 Data Preparation software supports full virtual “prototyping” of the design of an electronics product. Additionally, it enables fast off-line simulations to validate physical design characteristics against assembly and test constraints before a first article or pilot run. The Valor users can validate critical manufacturing processes in advance, such as solder-joint formation, test-point accessibility, pick-and-place constraints, rework accessibility, and much more.

The Valor DFM software tools bring designers and the manufacturing supply chain together. The platform rationalizes the requirements of the design engineer and manufacturers who need to build products at a rapid pace and with the highest quality. The Valor DFM solution is comprised of more than 700 design checks, covering all stages of the design process.