# AI-Powered PCB Supply Chain Management with Luminovo's Timon Ruban

- Show: [OnTrack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack)
- Published: 2025-06-24
- Length: 46m
- Episode: 303
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-06-24-ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban
- Listen: https://podcast.altium.com/e/ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban/

## Summary

Timon Ruban, founder and managing director of Luminovo, explains how his company uses AI to automate PCB supply chain management, quoting, and risk analysis for contract manufacturers and OEMs. He details the platform's ability to extract specifications from Gerber files to provide instant PCB pricing and discusses the shift from manual Excel-based workflows to strategic monitoring of component costs and lifecycle risks. Ruban also outlines the roadmap for integrating large language models to handle complex data ingestion, such as messy BOMs and PDF specifications, and future features like supplier relationship management.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-06-24-ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban#t=0) Introduction and Timon Ruban's Background
- [2:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-06-24-ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban#t=153) Luminovo's Origin and Evolution from AI Consulting
- [8:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-06-24-ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban#t=515) Platform Capabilities: Quoting, Sourcing, and Risk Management
- [17:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-06-24-ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban#t=1050) Gerber File Analysis and Instant PCB Pricing
- [20:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-06-24-ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban#t=1206) Global Expansion and Supplier Integration
- [28:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-06-24-ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban#t=1684) Strategic Monitoring and Supply Chain Transparency
- [35:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-06-24-ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban#t=2117) Roadmap: LLMs, Data Ingestion, and Supplier Management
- [40:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-06-24-ai-powered-pcb-supply-chain-management-with-luminovos-timon-ruban#t=2436) AI-Assisted Development and Future Outlook

## Topics

- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Luminovo (company)
- Volkswagen (company)
- Munich Re (company)
- DigiKey (company)
- Arrow (company)
- Zuert (company)
- Gerber files (other)
- ODB++ (other)
- RoHS (other)
- REACH (other)
- Cursor (tool)
- Claude Code (tool)

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- [From Quotes To Confidence: How Luminovo Is Rewiring EMS Collaboration, Founder Sebastian Schaal](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2026-03-31-from-quotes-to-confidence-how-luminovo-is-rewiring-ems-collaboration-founder-seb) (EMS@C-LEVEL)
- [EMS@C-LEVEL Season 2021 Episode #13 with Sebastian Schaal, Luminovo](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2021-10-26-ems-c-level-season-2021-episode-13-with-sebastian-schaal-luminovo) (EMS@C-LEVEL)
- [Electronica 24: Luminovo's Vision for AI in Manufacturing Transforming the Electronics Supply Chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-27-electronica-24-luminovos-vision-for-ai-in-manufacturing-transforming-the-electro) (EMS@C-LEVEL)
- [Luminovo's Sebastian Schaal on EMS@C-Level - season 2022, episode 14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2022-09-26-luminovos-sebastian-schaal-on-ems-c-level-season-2022-episode-14) (EMS@C-LEVEL)

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