  |  | | WARRANTY COST REDUCTION SOLUTION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS The Warranty Cost Reduction Solution helps identify quality issues with an early warning system to lower warranty reduction costs. Applied Materials' Warranty Cost Reduction solution addresses the two primary trouble spots with two key facilities: - Warranty scope reduction to solve problems stemming from the inability to reduce the scope of warranty events
- An early warning system to solve problems that originate from the inability to predict warranty issues before the product leaves the factory
The Applied Materials Warranty Cost Reduction solution combines data consolidation and analysis, and manufacturing intelligence. The solution leverages existing technology within Applied Materials packaged with unique analytics to deliver a scalable solution utilizing a Service Oriented Architecture approach. The Applied Materials Warranty Cost Reduction Solution provides: - People, process, and product traceability
- Data collection and visualization tool
- Quality problem detection before the vehicle leaves the factory
Components of the Warranty Cost Reduction Solution   
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