Knovel Solutions: Identifying the Root Cause for a Drop in Yield

An electronics manufacturing company specializes in Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly. Typically, the PCB assembly operations run at a first pass yield of 98% but in the last two months the yield has dropped by 76%. The Operations Manager is tasked with identifying the root cause and restoring the processes back to 98% yield. In this solution story, the Operations Manager troubleshoots the root cause of this drop in yield using basic search and Knovel Math.