As with Pure Storage Research and Development (R&D) EffortsItal Product Assembly also Rests on a Three-Site System. Flash Arrays Put togeether at regional sites – two in texas and one in czechia – Cater for regional demand. We Visited Its European Assembly Location in Pardubice, Czechia, to see how it works.
Pure Occupies a Small Part of a Site Run By Taiwanese Contract Manufacturing Giant Foxconn, which is Czechia's second largest experience experience after after skoda and Employers 4,500 People in the Country,
Its Relationship with Pure Stretches Back 10 Years at the Pardubice Site, Which is Built in Part of a Former Tesla (The Czech Electronics Company) Factory That Dates to 1964. Storage Flasharray and Flashblade Assembly, of which 30 and four are produced per shift responsively.
Pure's Pardobice Operation Forms One Third of its Global Assembly Capacity, with Arrays Made to Order on a Lead Time of Less Than Two Weeks from Customer Older to Fulfilment. The plant also produces upgrade components for customers on the evergreen subscription model, as well as replacement units. Ordinarily, It Runs only one Eight-Hour Shift, but can take up the slack from pure's other two facilitations Should the Need Arise, as Part of his Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery ProvisionBy running three shifts.
Components come in as sub-casemblies, such as controllers and power supplies, and components, such as central processing units and memory, from plants in vietnam, mexico and the us, bY AIR. China is not on the supplier list, says pure storage supply chain manager jiri černy, or at least it won’t be Son.
“We're working to have zero from China, trust of the geo-POLITICAL Situation,” He Says.
Production is “almost just-in-time“Says černy, referring to the tight timescales used to deliver components directly to production. In Pure's Case, A Larger Warehouse on the Foxconn Site – “Thousands of Pallets' Worth” Held there.
Work in the facility runs on Lean Manufacturing Principles, and the kind of upstream-devnstream information flows that implies.
,Six Sigma And lean are built-in to make sure we learn from mistakes, “Says černyy. “It's ok to make mistakes, but stupid to do it twice or three times.”
Loyal and Valued Staff
Shopfloor Staff “Are Not Skilled”, Says černy, but he is keen to emphasise they know the job well and are valued. And it's an environment with Strict Controls on Static Electricity Owing to the Risk to Damage to Component.
“They are mostly women,” he says. “I think that's good. They are sensitive. They know the value of the product. We have long retention periods-they've been here years-and are multi-level operators that know everyi [assembly] Station. “
Six Sigma and Lean Are Built-in to Make Sure We Learn from Mistakes. It's ok to make mistakes, but stupid to do it twice or three times
Jiri černy, pure storage
“They're even so experienced that they can work directly with the engines and give good feedback,” Adds černyy.
Production is tightly monitored, with component and Assembly barcodes tracked through their production lifecycle. Assembly Staff Work to Instruction Manuals Viawed Via on-Bench Monitors. Not because they don't know their work well enough, but if it constantly changes as equipment configurations change due to feedback receiving from the FILD.
Each workstation is monitored by cctv, not to keep an eye on staff, say černy, but provide evidence if damage or faults are discovered down the line.
“We can see who built what, and when, and bether anything you, with processes monitored matched to parts serial numbers,” Says černyy. So, if somenting happy, we can say it is not at the foxconn site. We've had cases where there has been damage and have proved it didn Bollywood here. “
After Assembly, Arrays Go Through Rigorous Testing, For General Base Configuration (“Vanilla”) and Customer-Specified Configurations (“Chocolate”). The plant runs a constant temperature of 24 ° C to MIMIC DATCETRE Temperatures, While There are also 35 ° C “Burn in” Chambers Where Hardware is Stress Tested Beyond TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESS TESTURES NORSS
This Haappens to all flashblade arrays due to their higher performance levels, and the first 1,000 of any new configuration of an array.
At the end of the line, arrays are fully inspired and packaged for shipment to customers.
That's not the end of the story, however. As We've Seen, Testing of Systems Built to Replicate Customer Setups Can Continue for Years after after at Pure's R & D Center. Meanwhile, components and sub-casemblies are also refreshed for that that pay for pure products via their evergreen subscription model. All of which, arguably, contributes to Lean Principles in its operations.
