Singh Electronics in Pune assembled electronic components across multiple process stages — SMT, through-hole, testing, QC. The owner managed production on spreadsheets updated at end of shift, which meant the dashboard was always at least 8 hours out of date.
What actually causes this — and what fixes it
"electronics traceability — the signal that a system is missing."
Electronics assembly is particularly demanding because defects caught late are exponentially more expensive than defects caught early. A failed component discovered at final testing means rework across multiple stages. Without stage-level tracking, failures were only caught at the end.
With Clicarity tracking each assembly stage, Singh Electronics began catching quality issues at the stage where they originated rather than at final testing. First-pass yield improved by 15% in the first two months. The rework queue that had been a permanent fixture on the floor shrank to near zero.