INNOVATE AND AUTOMATE
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INNOVATE AND AUTOMATE
As the leader of a global center of excellence in assembly automation , including manufacture and assembly , innovation is important to Lu . “ We must lead with the next ready-to-deploy technology otherwise the innovation pipeline runs dry , and that is bad business . The opportunities presented by IoT are taking us in many directions . At our engineering centers we have top grade engineers developing innovations that will be needed in transportation , for example , as driverless cars and even ships and aircraft become a reality . We have 8,000 + engineers working on those connectivity and sensing solutions . Out in the field their concern is to build customized solutions for major connectivity platforms , and work on the production floor to implement these solutions .” As we have seen , the IP the company possesses aids the customization of solutions – once a successful implementation has been established at one site , it will be rolled out at multiple sites , saving time and money .
On the manufacturing side , his team is constantly working on improving performance and finding new solu-
NOVEMBER 2019