Tag: rty

What is rolled throughput yield? Your company has just announced that its product line has a 100% total throughput rate, touting it as a great win for everyone. However, from your perspective, you see massive amounts of rework being performed, disrupting the production lines, costing additional money, and impacting on-time delivery. If only […]

Recently I visited several contract manufacturers (CM) to evaluate their ability to produce an electronic device that my company is developing for the automotive industry. I asked the project manager at each CM to provide me with an estimate of the typical rolled throughput yield (RTY) on their production lines. Only one of the project […]