EMS@C-LEVEL

In this short interview with Philip Stoten, Director and Head of R&D at Koh Young Research America (KYRA), Dr. Brian Kang, shares some insight into the application of AI in inspection and electronic manufacturing. Dr. Kang explains the importance of dataset selection and data quality in building machine learning and AI strategies. EMSNOW & SCOOP at APEX 2023 was sponsored by Koh Young Amer...

There are great economists and there are manufacturing and technology experts, someone who is both is indeed a rare thing. That why I invited former GE Chief Economist, TED speaker, Forbes Senior Contributor and long term friend and advisor to SCOOP to explore the current economic uncertainty and its impact on electronic manufacturing with me. In just twenty minutes we unpack supply side economic...

Talent shortages remain one of the largest challenges for the EMS sector and could even threaten to stall re-shoring to geographies like the USA and Western Europe. Ahead of his keynote and the launch of his book 'Fire Your Hiring Habits', Philip Stoten talked to IPC President and CEO John Mitchell about the issue and explored some solutions, as well as the initiatives underway from IPC....

Philip Stoten talks to ASMPT Marketing Manager Mark Ogden about the trends he is seeing in electronics manufacturing in the Americas. Topics like re-shoring, geopolitics, digital transformation are all covered in this conversation, filmed on the show floor of APEX 2023. EMSNOW & SCOOP at APEX 2023 was sponsored by Koh Young America ( https://www.kohyoung.com ), Aegis Software ( https://www.ais...

Newly appointed iNEMI CEO Shekhar Chandrashekhar talks to Philip Stoten about what's makes iNEMI special and the trends driving their work. EMSNOW & SCOOP at APEX 2023 was sponsored by Koh Young America ( https://www.kohyoung.com ), Aegis Software ( https://www.aiscorp.com/) , Panasonic Connect ( https://connect.panasonic.com/en/ ) and Cogiscan ( https://cogiscan.com/ ) EMS@C-Level is hos...

Philip Stoten talks to Cogiscan CEO Vincent Dubois about how recent disruptions have led to a more open and collaborative approach to partnerships up and down the manufacturing supply chain. EMSNOW & SCOOP at APEX 2023 was sponsored by Koh Young America ( https://www.kohyoung.com ), Aegis Software ( https://www.aiscorp.com/) , Panasonic Connect ( https://connect.panasonic.com/en/ ) and Cogisca...

Following his keynote on the mega trends impacting electronics, I spoke to Shawn about how those trends impact the EMS industry and supply chain. Shawn provides insight into headwinds and comments on the positive sentiment he sees from IPC members with a big focus on where demand lands in 2023. We also explore labor and talent trends, industry specific projections, geopolitics, government incentiv...

Bold, creative and agile, that's how I'd describe CEO and Co-Founder Rainer Koppitz and KATEK SE, the EMS company he and Team Blue have built from scratch in three short and strange years! KATEK SE is a business forged in the fire of manufacturing and supply chain disruption and that has created something quite unique. We rarely go over twenty minutes on this show, but in this in-depth i...

Just out of stealth mode, PCB Compliance Startup Confidee plan to provide frictionless compliance data for the supply chain of printed circuit boards. Their CEO, Vidar Olsen, joined me from their headquarters in Oslo, Norway to explain their vision to provide compliant printed circuits to all industries through proprietary developed software platform, protecting data with transparency by monitorin...

In just 17 minutes Philip Stoten and Creative Electron Founder and CEO Dr. Bill Cardoso explore trends in 2023, a potential economic downturn, access and the cost of capital and cash, supply chain availability and the potential for a huge inventory overhang, challenges in staffing and the miss match of available talent and openings, reshoring and much more. Bill is curious about 2023 and suggests...

General Manager Joel Scutchfield joins me to share some of his 2023 trend prediction and his take on his first year in charge of Koh Young Americas in which they shipped their 20,000th machine and celebrated their 20th anniversary. Joel is headed in the new year with cautious optimism that growth in the use of electronics in many sectors along with a renewed emphasis on reshoring to the Americas c...

Welcome to THE Supply Chain Intelligence PODCAST, co-hosted by Philip Spagnoli Stoten and Daniel Schoenfelder exploring the latest Spectra Electronic Design to Delivery Index (EDDI) report with an expert from the industry. Benchmark Director Global Supply Chain Solutions Michael Lucia joins Phil and Dan to explore the latest trends, which for the first time show a softening of demand in every comp...

Following their participation as a founding member of the Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC), Plexus Senior Director ESG Megan Schleicher join me to explore why Plexus felt this was such an important initiative. Megan and I discuss the role of EMS within the initiative, particularly given they are the only contract manufacturer of the 65 founders. We dig into some of the Plexus sustainability...

Carl Hung is a firm EMS@C-Level favorite with his candid insight and views on the EMS industry as seen from a global player headquartered in Asia. As part of the end of year What's the SCOOP (#WTS) series, Carl offers his roundup of 2022 and his predictions for 2023. Supply chain pressures may be easing a little, but Carl still sees industry to industry variation in both supply and demand sid...

Check out THE Supply Chain Intelligence PODCAST, co-hosted by Philip Spagnoli Stoten and Daniel Schoenfelder exploring the latest Spectra Electronic Design to Delivery Index (EDDI) report with an expert from the industry. In this episode IPC Chief Economist Shawn DuBravac shares his own insight and research with Phil and Dan. With supply chain balance likely the panel explore what's driving b...

Fresh from another set of outstanding results, Johannes Lind-Widestam, CEO & President of NOTE AB, joined me to talk a little about their success and explore why the Scandinavian EMS sector seems to be outperforming almost everywhere else. As well as digging into the secrets of NOTE's success we enjoyed a frank discussion around the major industry trends, such as supply and demand disrupt...

Check out this new and insightful podcast from Nexar, a SCOOPstudio production. Welcome to THE Supply Chain Intelligence PODCAST, a monthly show where co-hosts Philip Spagnoli Stoten and Daniel Schoenfelder break down the latest Spectra Electronic Design to Delivery Index (EDDI) report with an expert from the industry. In this episode Omnics CEO Akhil Oltikar shares his own insight from the supply...

The dream of 3D Printing was to create a device in a single print but the truth is we've really only printed parts in single materials. With AME (Additive Manufactured Electronics) this dream has the potential to become reality and one of the leaders in applying AME is Nano Dimension. I talked to their General Manager EMEA, Valentin Storz about the technology, its adoption is specific industr...

Michael Lucia is Benchmark's Sourcing Strategy Director and Supply Chain Architect, giving him a front row seat in recent disruptions and the challenges facing both OEM and EMS companies. In a recent article, Jennifer McAlpine talked to Michael about Design for Supply Chain. In this article I dig a little deeper into the trends driving supply chain and product design, as well as the changing...

If Additive Manufactured Electronics (AME) offers the opportunity to revolutionize the manufacturing industry, then J.A.M.E.S (Jetted Additive Manufactured Electronics Solutions) is the community where the revolution will begin.  I spoke to their CEO Andreas Müller and asked him to explain the vision behind this community that brings together engineers, enthusiasts and experts from this new and ex...

With 300% growth in the eight years since he took over as President and CEO, Peter Nilsson is understandably proud of Kitron Group.  In this detailed but concise interview Peter talks about challenges in the industry, including the pandemic, recent component issues, talent shortages, geopolitics, and much more. We also dig into Kitron's M&A strategy including their 2021 acquisition of BB...

Having just raised €11 million in a seed round led by Chalfen Ventures with participation by Tencent, Verve Ventures and Khadjavi Capital Partners, as well as existing investors La Famiglia and Cherry Ventures, Luminovo are optimistic about the impact they can have on the EMS industry.  Launched in 2020 and led by Munich-based Stanford alumni Sebastian Schaal and Timon Ruban, Luminovo is an end-to...

Following a fascinating blog by Benchmark Electronics' Vice President Global Program Management, Pete Stanius, entitled "U.S. or Mexico? What to Consider When Selecting a North American Manufacturing Location", I reached out to the author to dig a little deeper on the topic and the trends driving manufacturing geography selection.  In this EMS@C-Level special, I talked to Pete Stani...

Flexi Versa may not have started life as a traditional EMS company but through acquisition and strategic development they have become a significant and impressive player in outsourced manufacturing in Asia. They are in five countries and combine multiple disciplines including component manufacturing, design, injection moulding, PCBA, box build and even woodworking for the acoustic industry.  I tal...

A few days after KATEK announced their Q2 2022 results, I caught up with their charming and erudite Co-founder and CEO, Rainer Koppitz. We started by exploring the recent results, and the challenges they and the industry faced in the first half of 2022.  We also manged to cover predictions related to the supply chain, the developing relationships between OEMs and their electronic manufacturing par...