March 2021 – EMS Forest, the leading provider of AI-powered PCB design quality assurance and supply-chain management software, announced that it successfully participated in the invitation-only Techstars Advanced Manufacturing Summit: a virtual event that was held on March 9, 2021 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. EST.

As the leading worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, Techstars has a pulse on seed stage innovation globally. This Summit was designed to tap that seed stage expertise for the benefit of global manufacturing leaders interested in emerging technology trends.

The event featured panels and roundtables led by Techstars’ Managing Directors who invest in and work with startups building industrial and manufacturing solutions for chemicals and food processing; automobiles, aerospace, and discrete manufacturing; and the future workforce. Panels included industry, technology, and academic experts focused on general market trends, emerging technologies, and notable corporate approaches to engaging with innovation.

Recently, EMS Forest was accepted into the Techstars 2021 class of the STANLEY + Techstars Accelerator. This is the first class focused on solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) in advanced manufacturing.

The goal of EMS Forest is to improve product yield and time-to-market for electronics designers and manufacturers. In electronics manufacturing, design quality can impact production yield, while supply chain challenges can delay the product’s time to market. This impact can be worth millions of dollars.

Through its AI-powered SaaS engine, EMS Forest will help electronics manufacturers detect and avoid these issues early in the design stage and well before the production cycle starts.  

The easy-to-use Design for Excellence (DFx) system provides accurate and complete assessment of the electronics design quality for PCB and substrate package designs. Used in conjunction with its flexible, secure end-to-end supply chain management platform, the system will accelerate time-to-market while reducing NPI costs. Furthermore, by improving design quality, the company helps increase production yields and reduce manufacturing costs.

Product Benefits:
•    Reduce product time-to-market by identifying and removing potential manufacturing quality risk.
•    Eliminate supply chain challenges through AP-enabled instant pricing and availability information.
•    Improve design quality.
•    Reduce manpower requirement due to the level of system automation.
•    Drastically reduce RFQ processing time.
•    Increase price accuracy by including design attributes into the quote.

Product Functionality Features:
•    NIST 800-171 / CMMC / ITAR compliant platform.
•    Send and receive RFQs from multiple suppliers with a single action.
•    Easy comparison between multiple bids.
•    Search for CMs that meet product and production requirements.
•    AI-powered analytics to help make fast, accurate decisions.
•    Drastically reduce RFQ processing time.
•    Reduce quotation and production errors.
•    Obtain bids from multiple sources instantly using our APIs.
•    Send RFQs to multiple suppliers via a single action.
•    Perform what-if analysis on the fly.
•    Create and send professional looking bids to OEM customers.
•    Enhance bid accuracy by using our hands-free DFM/DFA analysis and reporting system.
•    Provide DFM/DFA reports to customers.
•    Use our AI-powered analytics to create meaningful supplier scorecards.

To gain access to conference content and for more information about EMS Forest, please visit www.emsforest.com.

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