# How Production-First Leadership Transforms Manufacturing Success at ALL Circuits Guadalajara

- Show: [EMS@C-LEVEL](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level)
- Published: 2025-07-08
- Length: 4m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-07-08-how-production-first-leadership-transforms-manufacturing-success-at-all-circuits

## Summary

Oscar, who leads engineering and production at ALL Circuits Guadalajara, explains how shifting to a production-first mindset transformed the facility's operations and talent strategy. He details their approach to recruiting and retaining staff in a competitive EMS market by investing in state-of-the-art equipment and creating internal training pathways for recent graduates. The episode also covers ALL Circuits' recent acquisition, which integrates the Guadalajara facility into a global network with operations in Asia, enabling cross-pollination between their automotive expertise and partners' consumer electronics specialization.

## Chapters

- [0:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-07-08-how-production-first-leadership-transforms-manufacturing-success-at-all-circuits#t=9) Introduction: Oscar and ALL Circuits Guadalajara
- [0:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-07-08-how-production-first-leadership-transforms-manufacturing-success-at-all-circuits#t=48) Production-First Leadership and Department Alignment
- [1:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-07-08-how-production-first-leadership-transforms-manufacturing-success-at-all-circuits#t=63) Talent Retention, Environment, and Equipment
- [2:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-07-08-how-production-first-leadership-transforms-manufacturing-success-at-all-circuits#t=134) Internal Talent Development and Training Programs
- [2:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-07-08-how-production-first-leadership-transforms-manufacturing-success-at-all-circuits#t=176) Global Acquisition and Cross-Market Knowledge Sharing

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Factory operations & automation](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/factory-operations)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- ALL Circuits (company)
- Koh Young (company)
- Global Electronics Association (company)

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