Michael Ford

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Michael Ford started his career as a computer software and hardware engineer in 1982. Working for Sony in the United Kingdom, Ford became one of the first successful adopters of computer technology into the manufacturing shop-floor, going on to manage in Japan Sony’s global Lean Manufacturing solutions. He joined Valor Computerized Systems in 2008. He is currently working as part of the marketing development team within the Valor Division of Mentor Graphics.

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Industry 4.0 And The Internet Of Manufacturing For PCB Assembly & Fabrication

By Michael Ford - 27 Oct, 2016 - Comments: 0

For years, the PCB manufacturing industry has needed a robust real-time, comprehensive shop-floor communication standard that would include detailed, bidirectional, machine-to-machine communication, as well as shop-floor to IT computerization communication. Now, there is a solution: the Open Manufacturing Language (OML), an open communications specification managed through a community of indust... » read more