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Joel Scutchfield talks 2023 Trends on EMS@C-Level, Season 2022

EMS@C-LEVEL · 4 Jan 2023 · 25m

AI in practice: one real use of AI described

What this episode covers

Joel Scutchfield, General Manager of Koh Young Americas, discusses the company's 20th anniversary and the shipment of its 20,000th machine while outlining 2023 trends for the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry. He highlights cautious optimism driven by infrastructure spending in EVs, solar, and 5G, but warns that talent shortages are slowing reshoring efforts and necessitating greater automation. Scutchfield also details Koh Young's strategic shift toward software-centric solutions, including a new GUI, the KPO process optimizer, and expanded pre-reflow AOI capabilities to address labor constraints.

AI in practice

Where this conversation describes AI being used to build or deliver a product. Part of the AI in practice tracker.

ManufacturingKoyon Process Optimizer (KPO)

Koh Young uses artificial intelligence to analyze diagnostic data and automatically control printer speed, pressure, and release settings to optimize the print process.

“So now the final phase of KPO printer, which is that full control of the of the printer for speed pressure and release based on the, uh, uh, the results provided by the diagnostic tool, through the use also of uh, artificial intelligence to be able to to now fully control that, um, that printer, that print process.”

Speaker 2 · Hear it at 17:36

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companies scaling up

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Koh Young, CloudNC, Matrix
Products
KPO, Neptune
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Apex, Electronica, Eric Miscoll Show

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