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How can we become more efficient as an industry? Kent Balius is here with us to discuss the importance of automating Front End Engineering processes. His company EPIC Front End Engineering promotes intelligent processing by reducing human interactions and eliminating labor-intensive administrative processes. This episode is all about smart engineering. Learn how an automated process can help increase your profits and revenues. Altium 365: Where the World Designs Electronics Watch the video, click here. Show Highlights: About Kent Balius: 35 years of front-end engineering at PCB fabricators  Viasystems/TTM, Global standardization plant-to-plant Data Package Collaboration between OEM designs and Fabricators (Seamless Global Transfer) EPIC Turn unstructured Data and convert it to Intelligent Data-Driven Processes  IPC-2581 Adoption and drive automation    What are the current challenges in the Industry: archaic, manual, intensive administrative process Dumb-data: Gerbers Effects on Revenues and Profitability: cost and time implications Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Reduce human interaction and error. Increase reliability! Move toward digitization, IPC-2581, EPIC Front End Engineering  Links and Resources: EPIC Website Column in PCD&amp;F Magazine (coming soon) IPC-2581 Consortium Webpage TTM Julie’s Ellis podcast: Seamless Global TransferAltium 365: Where the World Designs Electronics

How can we become more efficient as an industry? Kent Balius is here with us to discuss the importance of automating Front End Engineering processes. His company EPIC Front End Engineering promotes intelligent processing by reducing human interactions and eliminating labor-intensive administrative processes. This episode is all about smart engineering. Learn how an automated process can help increase your profits and revenues. <a href="https://www.altium.com/altium-365" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Altium 365: Where the World Designs Electronics</a> <a href="https://resources.altium.com/p/automate-front-end-engineering-processes-kent-balius" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch the video, click here.</a> Show Highlights: <ul><li>About Kent Balius: <ul><li>35 years of front-end engineering at PCB fabricators </li> <li>Viasystems/TTM, Global standardization plant-to-plant Data Package Collaboration between OEM designs and Fabricators (Seamless Global Transfer)</li> <li><a href="https://epicfee.com/contact-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EPIC</a> Turn unstructured Data and convert it to Intelligent Data-Driven Processes </li> <li><a href="http://www.ipc2581.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IPC-2581</a> Adoption and drive automation </li> </ul> </li> <li>What are the current challenges in the Industry: archaic, manual, intensive administrative process</li> <li>Dumb-data: Gerbers</li> <li>Effects on Revenues and Profitability: cost and time implications</li> <li>Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Reduce human interaction and error. Increase reliability!</li> <li>Move toward digitization, <a href="http://www.ipc2581.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IPC-2581</a>, <a href="https://epicfee.com/contact-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EPIC Front End Engineering</a></li> </ul> Links and Resources: <a href="https://epicfee.com/contact-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EPIC Website</a> Column in <a href="https://www.pcdandf.com/pcdesign/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PCD&amp;F Magazine</a> (coming soon) <a href="http://www.ipc2581.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IPC-2581</a> Consortium Webpage TTM Julie’s Ellis podcast: <a href="https://resources.altium.com/p/seamless-global-transfer-with-julie-ellis-from-ttm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seamless Global Transfer</a><a href="https://www.altium.com/altium-365" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Altium 365: Where the World Designs Electronics</a>

Automate Front End Engineering Processes with Kent Balius

Kent Balius has been at the forefront of front-end engineering for 30 years at some of the world's largest PCB fabricators. He spent the past 20 years at TTM / Viasystems, where he managed software applications and automation solutions for North America and Asia-Pacific operations. He just launched EPIC Front-End Engineering, which provides consultation, project management, software applications and development support to the PCB manufacturers, with the objectives of driving advanced automation to achieve productivity, improved quality, reduced labor costs.He speaks about how the automation of design-to-fabrication the affects Industry 4.0 implementation with PCB Chat's Mike Buetow.

Kent Balius has been at the forefront of front-end engineering for 30 years at some of the world's largest PCB fabricators. He spent the past 20 years at TTM / Viasystems, where he managed software applications and automation solutions for North America and Asia-Pacific operations. He just launched EPIC Front-End Engineering, which provides consultation, project management, software applications and development support to the PCB manufacturers, with the objectives of driving advanced automation to achieve productivity, improved quality, reduced labor costs. He speaks about how the automation of design-to-fabrication the affects Industry 4.0 implementation with PCB Chat's Mike Buetow.

PCB Chat 70: Kent Balius on Front-End Engineering