# That's an Electronica 2024 Wrap with Eric and Phil: Show Success, Globalization, Politics, Inventory, Labor, AI and More

- Show: [EMS@C-LEVEL](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level)
- Published: 2025-01-21
- Length: 13m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-01-21-thats-an-electronica-2024-wrap-with-eric-and-phil-show-success-globalization-pol

## Summary

Eric Miscoll and Phil Stoke discuss the key takeaways from electronica 2024, highlighting the industry's struggle with excess inventory and the urgent search for new manufacturing hubs like India and Mexico. They analyze the shift from chasing low-cost labor to 'low-cost-local' strategies driven by geopolitical tensions, tariffs, and the need for supply chain agility. The conversation also covers the role of AI and automation in bridging the experience gap caused by an aging workforce, and praises IPC for its lobbying efforts and skills competitions.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-01-21-thats-an-electronica-2024-wrap-with-eric-and-phil-show-success-globalization-pol#t=8) Introduction and Show Overview
- [2:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-01-21-thats-an-electronica-2024-wrap-with-eric-and-phil-show-success-globalization-pol#t=139) Excess Inventory and the India Boom
- [3:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-01-21-thats-an-electronica-2024-wrap-with-eric-and-phil-show-success-globalization-pol#t=211) Geopolitics, Tariffs, and Regionalization
- [6:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-01-21-thats-an-electronica-2024-wrap-with-eric-and-phil-show-success-globalization-pol#t=377) The Shift to Low-Cost-Local Manufacturing
- [7:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-01-21-thats-an-electronica-2024-wrap-with-eric-and-phil-show-success-globalization-pol#t=474) AI, Automation, and the Experience Gap
- [10:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-01-21-thats-an-electronica-2024-wrap-with-eric-and-phil-show-success-globalization-pol#t=607) IPC's Role and Industry Outlook

## Topics

- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- electronica 2024 (other)
- IPC (company)
- Koh Young (company)
- Global Electronics Association (company)
- EMS Scout (other)
- Zona (company)

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