# EMS@C Panel: Exploring Digital Transformation, The Digital Dividend, and Strategic Collaboration

- Show: [EMS@C-LEVEL](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level)
- Published: 2023-11-24
- Length: 14m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2023-11-24-ems-c-panel-exploring-digital-transformation-the-digital-dividend-and-strategic

## Summary

Host Philip Stoughton moderates a panel with Henning Bork from ASMPT and Petra Becker from KATEK at Productronica 2023, discussing the realities of digital transformation in electronics manufacturing. Petra details KATEK's creation of a fully autonomous production line for its wide-level wallbox in the Czech Republic, highlighting the challenges of integrating legacy systems and aligning with strategic partners. Henning Bork explains how ASMPT approaches digital maturity, emphasizing that high-volume manufacturing requires deep automation while high-mix production focuses on process automation and material flow control. The panelists agree that successful digital dividends depend on open standards, interoperability, and aligning technology roadmaps with core business strategies like OEE and delivery time.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2023-11-24-ems-c-panel-exploring-digital-transformation-the-digital-dividend-and-strategic#t=8) Introduction: Digital Transformation Maturity and Progress
- [2:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2023-11-24-ems-c-panel-exploring-digital-transformation-the-digital-dividend-and-strategic#t=174) KATEK's Autonomous Production Line and Digitalization Hurdles
- [5:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2023-11-24-ems-c-panel-exploring-digital-transformation-the-digital-dividend-and-strategic#t=327) ASMPT's View on Automation in High-Volume vs. High-Mix Manufacturing
- [8:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2023-11-24-ems-c-panel-exploring-digital-transformation-the-digital-dividend-and-strategic#t=496) Strategic Partnerships and Open Standards for Interoperability
- [12:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2023-11-24-ems-c-panel-exploring-digital-transformation-the-digital-dividend-and-strategic#t=753) Measuring the Digital Dividend: OEE and Delivery Time

## Topics

- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- ASMPT (company)
- KATEK (company)
- Steckha (product)
- Ghost (product)
- Koh Young (company)
- Global Electronics Association (company)
- IPC (other)
- OIB (other)
- Concertia (other)
- CFX (other)
- Hermes (other)

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- [End-to-End Digital Transformation with Bob Murphy and Scott Feldmann](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2020-07-14-end-to-end-digital-transformation-with-bob-murphy-and-scott-feldmann) (Manufacturing Happy Hour)
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