Episode 11: How Jabil Circuit Adopts New Manufacturing Technologies with John Dulchinos

Jabil Circuit is a $20 billion contract manufacturer that produces everything from specialized medical devices to mobile phone accessories. Since Jabil doesn’t own any of the brands that roll off its lines, the company’s entire value is in its ability to spin up multitudes of new manufacturing processes that meet new requirements from its clients. In this episode of the Digital Factory Podcast, Jon Bruner speaks with John Dulchinos , Jabil’s Vice President of Digital Manufacturing. He’s responsible for evaluating new manufacturing technologies and finding ways to apply them in Jabil’s supply chain, and he’s got hard numbers and real experience with many technologies that are still in their infancies. Dulchinos is featured in The Digital Factory Report , an overview of recent advances in artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, and advanced automation, and a look at how those technologies are transforming the business of making things. Download the report for free and watch Dulchinos’ presentation from the Digital Factory Conference at . In this episode: – The importance of ‘thinking big, starting small, failing fast’ – Strategy for scaling a new technology from prototyping into production – The surprising cost-effectiveness of 3D printing : it used to be cheaper than injection molding for runs under 500-1,000 units, but the field has advanced so much that it’s now cheaper than injection molding for some runs up to 30,000 or 40,000 units – Dulchinos’ current focus areas: additive manufacturing, new forms of robotics and automation, and interconnection between tools and factories – Dulchinos’ favorite tools: Henckels kitchen knives Read more on the Formlabs blog:

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Episode 11: How Jabil Circuit Adopts New Manufacturing Technologies with John Dulchinos is an episode from The Digital Factory by Formlabs.

This episode is 31:10 long.

This episode was published on Sep 20, 2018.

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