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Operations must provide excellent quality, reli-
ability, and productivity output to obtain good
OEE scores. Digitization awareness and AI/ML
provide real-time visibility into processes, allow-
ing for optimization to achieve the desired high
OEE scores. AI can adapt to perturbations in the
system, isolating the issues and reacting to re-
optimize the processes in real-time.
To learn more about roadmap strategy, read
24 Essential Skills for Engineers, Chapters 15
and 17. PCB007
References
1. "Technology Adoption Issues for Small and
Medium Sized Manufacturers and the Role of AI and
ML to Improve Adoption Rates," by Gregory Harris,
Industrial and Systems Engineering Department,
Auburn University, SMTA Pan Pacific Electronics
Symposium, January 2023.
2. "Smart Manufacturing Adoption Study 2023,"
by A. Yarbrough, C. Peters, G. Harris, Auburn Uni-
versity ICAMS, Technical Report 23-01, December
2023.
3. 24 Essential Skills for Engineers, by Happy
Holden.
Happy Holden has worked in
printed circuit technology since
1970 with Hewlett-Packard,
NanYa Westwood, Merix, Fox-
conn, and Gentex. He is cur-
rently a contributing technical
editor with I-Connect007, and
the author of Automation and Advanced Proce-
dures in PCB Fabrication, and 24 Essential Skills
for Engineers. To read past columns, click here.
Table 3: Process for automation and advanced PCB technologies
selection and implementation
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