# All Circuits' Success in Guadalajara and Embracing Automation with GM Pascal Aubois

- Show: [EMS@C-LEVEL](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level)
- Published: 2024-05-07
- Length: 8m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-05-07-all-circuits-success-in-guadalajara-and-embracing-automation-with-gm-pascal-aubo

## Summary

Pascal Aubois, General Manager of All Circuits (GDL Sensing) in Guadalajara, explains how the company has grown fourfold from one to four production lines, driven by 20% annual growth and the strategic near-shoring advantage for US-bound products. Aubois details the technical constraints of maintaining a consistent 31-meter SMT line architecture across all four lines to minimize manual handling and scrap, while adapting module counts for different product mixes like lighting and electric vehicle powertrains. The conversation highlights All Circuits' low employee turnover rate of less than 4%, achieved through partnerships with 17 local universities and a focus on career progression, contrasting sharply with double-digit turnover in other regions of Mexico.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-05-07-all-circuits-success-in-guadalajara-and-embracing-automation-with-gm-pascal-aubo#t=8) Introduction: Pascal Aubois and All Circuits Growth
- [1:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-05-07-all-circuits-success-in-guadalajara-and-embracing-automation-with-gm-pascal-aubo#t=83) Near-shoring Strategy and Mexico-US Supply Chain
- [2:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-05-07-all-circuits-success-in-guadalajara-and-embracing-automation-with-gm-pascal-aubo#t=144) Standardizing 31-Meter SMT Line Architecture
- [4:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-05-07-all-circuits-success-in-guadalajara-and-embracing-automation-with-gm-pascal-aubo#t=244) Talent Acquisition and Low Turnover Rates
- [6:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-05-07-all-circuits-success-in-guadalajara-and-embracing-automation-with-gm-pascal-aubo#t=368) Automation vs. Manual Insertion in High-Mix Production

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- All Circuits (company)
- GDL Sensing (company)
- Koh Young (company)
- Global Electronics Association (company)

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