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Manufacturing Calculation – from Manual Processes towards Smart Automation

In this blog, we provide a framework for precise manufacturing costing calculation and show you the way towards automating this process for the benefit of your business.

Franz Zünkler

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Manufacturing Calculation – from Manual Processes towards Smart Automation

In this blog, we provide a framework for precise manufacturing costing calculation and show you the way towards automating this process for the benefit of your business.

Franz Zünkler

June 2, 2023

Partnerships

OnlineComponents.com and Luminovo Optimize Procurement Decision Making

Find out how the partnership with American distributor OnlineComponents.com makes your sourcing process seamless, automated and collaborative.

Luminovo

May 30, 2023

Product

Ignoring Risk is so 2022: Save your Product Design with Luminovo

Electronic engineers have no time for managing BOMs risks. If you think you should be focusing on designing high-quality products that meet your customer needs and expectations instead of dealing with compliance, you’re totally right. Read this blog to find out how to do the switch.

Aljoscha von Bismarck

April 19, 2023

Product

A Day in the Life of an EMS Provider Using a Modern Quoting Tool

Every EMS company has its own ways but, from receiving an RfQ, to procurement and costs estimation, what matters in the end is making your customer happy. In this blog, we’ll go through 4 steps to seamlessly achieve this with the help of modern software.

Laura Berti

March 31, 2023

Industry

4 Weeks from Initial Meeting to Full Implementation and Cost Savings

Learn how Trilogy-Net reduced their average turnaround time for complex quotes from 10 days to 1 day.

Max Hungenbach

March 7, 2023

Industry

Lacon Success Story: Manual Overload turned into Growth Journey

Read how Lacon Electronic managed to reduce their RfQ turnaround time by 5x with the help of Luminovo in this exclusive interview with Ralf Hasler, CEO of Lacon.

Reinhardt Karpenko

February 17, 2023

Industry

How to Make your Electronics Development more Robust, Anticipatory and Collaborative

Collaboration and technology can improve electronics development and NPI processes, despite volatile component markets. In this article, we will explore common problems and modern solutions.

Dr. Angelo Canzaniello

January 4, 2023

Industry

Why Modern RfQ Software is the Tool to Secure your Bottom Line

What does modern RfQ software look like? And how can it help you ramp up your EMS business revenue? Read our Founder’s advice to end your 2022 with a bang, despite the challenges of the electronics sector.

Sebastian Schaal

November 23, 2022

Inside Luminovo

Reini’s Journey at Luminovo

Curious to know what being an Intern or Working Student at Luminovo looks like? We’ve asked Reini, who has experience in both.

Reinhardt Karpenko

October 17, 2022

Industry

The End of the Chip Crisis?

You’ve read it right – looks like the global chip shortage is coming to an end, but other challenges await. In this blog, we’ll go through the latest research findings on the semiconductor industry and what we can expect in the near future. Read on!

Laura Berti

October 4, 2022

News

Luminovo raises €11 million in seed funding to fix the broken electronics value chain with transformative software suite

We’re committed to having a lasting positive impact on this industry with Luminovo and to making innovation faster, cheaper and more sustainable for everyone. We’re thrilled to have the support of Chalfen, Tencent and Verve as well as our existing group of stellar investors on this journey with us.

Luminovo

August 18, 2022

Inside Luminovo

Yet Another Primer on the Electronics Industry

The what, why, why now and what next of Luminovo: read our vision after receiving €11M in Seed funding.

Timon Ruban

August 18, 2022

Industry

How to Deal with Long-Term Supply Shortages – pt. 2

We’re back, a year later, with part 2 of “How to deal with long-term supply shortages”, only to witness the global supply chain still fighting against the pandemic and now also the uncertainty caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. What has changed in a year? And is technology still the answer?

Dr. Angelo Canzaniello

May 17, 2022

Partnerships

Würth Elektronik and Luminovo cooperate on transforming PCB order processes

The connection of Würth's online shop for PCBs with the Luminovo Software Suite makes order processes for PCB prototypes easier, faster and more precise.

Ronja Seiffert

April 26, 2022

Tech

Up your PCB Game with Digital Twin Technology

In the manufacturing of printed circuit boards (PCBs), communication between PCB suppliers and Electronics Manufacturing Service provider (EMS) or Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) is key. In this blog, we’ll see how the PCB digital twin can bridge the gap between the two and bring your business to the next level.

Laura Berti

March 22, 2022

Industry

Startups vs. Corporations: Who Would Win the Race for the Future?

The modern world, and especially the electronics industry, needs startups. Startups are the key to progress in all aspects of society – in this article, we’ll tell you why.

Laura Berti

February 16, 2022

Industry

5 Reasons Why Now is the Right Time to Upgrade your RfQ Process

It’s never too late to change and improve a certain way of doing things – what’s crucial is to come to the realisation that progress is necessary, especially in a sector such as electronics.

Laura Berti

January 14, 2022

Tech

APIs in the Electronics Value Chain – Curse or Blessing?

These days, it's all about being fast and up-to-date. Modern software development makes it possible, also for the very specific processes of the electronics value chain, and APIs are the reason. The future of the electronics industry is already here – what are you waiting for?

Laura Berti

November 26, 2021

News

Luminovo Acquires PCB Software Provider Electronic Fellows to Pioneer Next-Gen Software Suite

Joint efforts yield accelerated existing processes and new opportunities of interconnectedness for the electronics industry.

Luminovo

October 19, 2021

Partnerships

Luminovo and Orbweaver form Automatic Data Integration Partnership

Combined Capabilities Offers First Ever Fully-Digital OEM/EMS Sourcing Experience

Luminovo

June 1, 2021

Industry

How to Deal with Long-Term Supply Shortages

EMS providers currently have to deal with unpredictable availabilities, prices and delivery times. How much longer will this last? What good is a high demand if supply shortages persist?

Dr. Angelo Canzaniello

April 28, 2021

Inside Luminovo

On the Bare Necessity of Psychological Safety

The what, why and how of effective teams.

Timon Ruban

April 9, 2021

Tech

Cloud Solutions in the Electronics Industry – Why Now?

This blog combats prejudice against the cloud, by providing technical, easy-to-understand insights into cloud solutions, and explaining their benefits and why they play an inevitable role in the future of the electronics industry.

Sebastian Schaal

March 16, 2021

News

Onboarding Eight Renowned Business Angels

We’re incredibly proud to announce that eight new and impactful business angels have joined Luminovo’s journey to revamp the electronics industry.

Luminovo

February 18, 2021

Inside Luminovo

A Short Primer on the Electronics Industry

The Electronics industry has long innovation cycles, but uses short acronyms: We can deal with both.

Timon Ruban

October 29, 2020

Inside Luminovo

Luminovo Alumni - Being a Marketing and Growth Hacker Intern at Luminovo

Nicole, student at National University of Singapore, spent 6 months at Luminovo during her exchange year in Germany. From marketing strategy to beer gardens, Nicole took home a lot of new experiences - most exotic one for someone from a tropical island probably being 'Eisstockschießen'.

Erin Bacsy

September 3, 2020

Inside Luminovo

Luminovo Alumni - Being a Growth Manager Intern at Luminovo

Sophie, a graduate from WHU, spent 3 months at Luminovo during her gap year before pursuing her Master's. From water rafting to giving pitches to potential clients, Sophie's definitely had the best of both worlds.

Erin Bacsy

July 3, 2020

New Perspectives on Transfer Learning: Structuring ML Concepts

This last installment introduces Hybrid Processing and maps it together with Active Learning and Transductive & Inductive Semi-Supervised Learning in a novel framework.

Sebastian Schaal

June 2, 2020

Processing Unlabeled Data in Machine Learning - Structuring ML Concepts

In this post, I finally found personal closure on the topic of how AL translates to some real-world scenario and introduce Hybrid Processing as a new paradigm.

Sebastian Schaal

May 25, 2020

The Four “Pure” Learning Styles in Machine Learning - Structuring ML Concepts

People are starting to realize that some techniques that were previously regarded as Unsupervised Learning should more aptly be named Self-Supervised Learning. Let’s expand on that.

Sebastian Schaal

May 20, 2020

Inside Luminovo

Why We Banned Requirements from Our Job Descriptions

A memo on Luminovo's performance-based hiring philosophy and why we chose to redefine our hiring process.

Timon Ruban

April 27, 2020

News

From AI to Electronics

Lumimovo goes Electronics! We have received over €2 Million in pre-seed funding for our new journey into the Electronics Industry.

Luminovo

April 8, 2020

AI and the Question of Explainability

Do we need to understand our models in order to trust them?

Arianna Dorschel

June 10, 2019

Data Privacy in Machine Learning

Data privacy - one of machine learning’s biggest challenges and how to tackle it.

Arianna Dorschel

April 25, 2019

The Deep Learning Toolset

Every problem worth solving needs great tools for support. Deep learning is no exception. If anything, it is a realm in which good tooling will become ever more important over the coming years.

Timon Ruban

November 28, 2018

Mythbusters: 7 Common Myths About AI

Artificial Intelligence is one of the most hyped topics of recent years. Naturally, a lot of superficial knowledge has found its way into the press and the minds of the general public. In this post, I want to uncover a few of those misconceptions.

Sebastian Schaal

June 6, 2018

A Refresher on Batch (Re-)Normalization

If you’re like me, you enjoy throwing CNNs at every pictorial problem that comes your way. If you’re like me, then you have heard of BatchNorm.

Timon Ruban

January 24, 2018

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Manufacturing Calculation – from Manual Processes towards Smart Automation

Latest Articles

Manufacturing Calculation – from Manual Processes towards Smart Automation

OnlineComponents.com and Luminovo Optimize Procurement Decision Making

Ignoring Risk is so 2022: Save your Product Design with Luminovo

A Day in the Life of an EMS Provider Using a Modern Quoting Tool

4 Weeks from Initial Meeting to Full Implementation and Cost Savings

Lacon Success Story: Manual Overload turned into Growth Journey

How to Make your Electronics Development more Robust, Anticipatory and Collaborative

Why Modern RfQ Software is the Tool to Secure your Bottom Line

Reini’s Journey at Luminovo

The End of the Chip Crisis?

Luminovo raises €11 million in seed funding to fix the broken electronics value chain with transformative software suite

Yet Another Primer on the Electronics Industry

How to Deal with Long-Term Supply Shortages – pt. 2

Würth Elektronik and Luminovo cooperate on transforming PCB order processes

Up your PCB Game with Digital Twin Technology

Startups vs. Corporations: Who Would Win the Race for the Future?

5 Reasons Why Now is the Right Time to Upgrade your RfQ Process

APIs in the Electronics Value Chain – Curse or Blessing?

Luminovo Acquires PCB Software Provider Electronic Fellows to Pioneer Next-Gen Software Suite

Luminovo and Orbweaver form Automatic Data Integration Partnership

How to Deal with Long-Term Supply Shortages

On the Bare Necessity of Psychological Safety

Cloud Solutions in the Electronics Industry – Why Now?

Onboarding Eight Renowned Business Angels

A Short Primer on the Electronics Industry

Luminovo Alumni - Being a Marketing and Growth Hacker Intern at Luminovo

Luminovo Alumni - Being a Growth Manager Intern at Luminovo

New Perspectives on Transfer Learning: Structuring ML Concepts

Processing Unlabeled Data in Machine Learning - Structuring ML Concepts

The Four “Pure” Learning Styles in Machine Learning - Structuring ML Concepts

Why We Banned Requirements from Our Job Descriptions

From AI to Electronics

AI and the Question of Explainability

Data Privacy in Machine Learning

The Deep Learning Toolset

Mythbusters: 7 Common Myths About AI

A Refresher on Batch (Re-)Normalization

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