Sebastian Schaal

Do you have full visibility of your total product cost? Luminovo and Luminarity bring PCBA and mechanical part costing into one unified view, so you can stop guessing and start optimizing.

AI isn’t just transforming technology: it’s draining the global memory supply and putting electronics manufacturers under massive pressure. In 2026, survival won’t depend on budget, but on procurement intelligence and speed.

Electronics procurement finally gets the AI it deserves. ElectronicsGPT combines real-time supply chain data, autonomous monitoring, and instant datasheet analysis in a simple, conversational interface – built specifically for electronics professionals.

Instant PCB pricing turns the slowest step in electronics quoting into your fastest advantage. By standardizing data and automating supplier connections, EMS providers and PCB manufacturers can generate accurate, binding quotes in seconds – boosting speed, win rates, and collaboration across the supply chain.

Still using spreadsheets for quotes? See how the best RFQ software helps EMS providers speed up procurement, improve accuracy, and win more business with faster, smarter quoting.

In the fast-paced electronics industry, the Bill of Materials (BOM) is at the heart of every product. This guide explores how modern BOM management software can help you master this critical process, reducing errors, cutting costs, and speeding up production.

Accurate product costing empowers OEMs in aerospace, defense, medical, and automotive to make smarter design and sourcing decisions. Discover how cost engineers can leverage data, tools, and expertise from costdata® and Luminovo to drive competitiveness and sustainability.

In this guide, you'll learn how to anticipate, manage, and mitigate obsolescence risk for electronic components. We'll show you a number or proactive strategies, forecasting techniques, and lifecycle planning best practices to ensure you stay ahead of the obsolescence curve.

Discover how Luminovo and Hexachip are partnering to help you embrace sustainable component sourcing and the circular economy to boost your electronics supply chain resilience and meet ESG goals.

Discover the value of the partnership between Luminovo and SI Electronics for your electronics designs, with real-world sourcing intelligence directly embedded into the earliest stages of development.

Stay ahead of supply chain disruptions. Discover how real-time BOM costing and component availability insights help reduce sourcing risks, avoid delays, and improve supply chain resilience.

Discover how you can turn supply chain disruptions, rising costs, and geopolitical risks into competitive advantages, whether you are an EMS provider, an OEM or a PCB manufacturer.

In this personal and honest post, Danny shares how a rejected job application turned into a pivotal career opportunity, how he learned to thrive in Revenue Operations, and how working at Luminovo helped him find both clarity and joy in his professional journey.

Learn how an advanced software solution can help you navigate complex economic situations that have the power to impact the electronics supply chain worldwide, like President Trump’s 2025-26 tariffs.

Discover how Luminovo and GREENCHIPS are revolutionising the electronics industry with a new partnership focused on circular electronics. Learn about their sustainable initiatives and innovative solutions driving a greener future.

Discover the biggest challenges facing electronics supply chains today, from component shortages to rising costs and logistics delays. Explore actionable solutions and innovative strategies to build resilience and optimise operations in a rapidly changing landscape.

Our successful partnership with BMK reaches a three-year milestone.

Pioneering sustainability in electronics with instant carbon footprint estimates.

The EMS industry is taking a new turn towards digital collaboration: hear how it all began and what the future holds from the two companies pioneering this change.

Read how PCB manufacturer EPN was able to automate their entire PCB procurement process thanks to Luminovo’s innovative Automatic PCB Pricing, and how you could benefit from it too.

Discover how collaboration in the electronics supply chain can ensure that the right electronics parts are in the right place, at the right time.

Luminovo and Perzeptron work together to increase their joint impact on making the electronics supply chain less complex and more efficient.

Let's debunk myths about ERP integration into modern software tools like Luminovo being too complicated, expensive and time-consuming. Learn exactly what the process entails through the experience of Stern-Elektronik GmbH.

The EMS industry is expected to grow by 28.5% by 2027. Can you imagine your EMS business grow the same way? Read this blog to understand how transforming your customer relationship can transform your entire business.

Should the state of the electronics supply chain limit your product development? We don't think so. Is there a way around it? Yes, and you can find it out in this blog.

In this blog, we provide a framework for precise manufacturing costing calculation and show you the way towards automating this process for the benefit of your business.

Find out how the partnership with American distributor OnlineComponents.com makes your sourcing process seamless, automated and collaborative.

Are you an electronic engineer thinking you should focus on designing high-quality products for your customers, instead of dealing with compliance? You’re totally right. This blog will help you make the switch.

Collaboration and technology can improve electronics development and NPI processes, despite volatile component markets. In this article, we will explore common problems and modern solutions.

What does modern RfQ software look like? And how can it help you ramp up your EMS business revenue? Read our Founder’s advice to end your 2022 with a bang, despite the challenges of the electronics sector.

Curious to know what being an Intern or Working Student at Luminovo looks like? We've asked Reini, who has experience in both.

You've read it right – looks like the global chip shortage is coming to an end, but other challenges await. In this blog, we’ll go through the latest research findings on the semiconductor industry and what we can expect in the near future. Read on!

The what, why, why now and what next of Luminovo: read our vision and plans for the future after receiving €11M in Seed funding.

The supply shortages saga continues: in 2022, the global supply chain still fights against the pandemic, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict adds on to the uncertainty. What has changed in a year? And, is technology still the answer?

The connection of Würth's online shop for PCBs with the Luminovo Software Suite makes order processes for PCB prototypes easier, faster and more precise.

In PCB manufacturing, communication between PCB suppliers and EMS provider or OEM is key. In this blog, we’ll see how the PCB digital twin can bridge the gap between the two and bring your business to the next level.

The modern world, and especially the electronics industry, needs startups. Startups are the key to progress in all aspects of society – in this article, we’ll tell you why.

It’s never too late to change and improve a certain way of doing things. What’s crucial, is to come to the realisation that progress is necessary, especially in a sector such as electronics.

These days, it's all about being fast and up-to-date. Modern software development makes it possible, and APIs are the reason. The future of the electronics industry is already here – what are you waiting for?

Joint efforts yield accelerated existing processes and new opportunities of interconnectedness for the electronics industry.

Combined Capabilities Offers First Ever Fully-Digital OEM/EMS Sourcing Experience

The what, why and how of effective teams. By our co-founder Timon Ruban.

This blog combats prejudice against the cloud, by providing technical, easy-to-understand insights into cloud solutions, and explaining their benefits and why they play an inevitable role in the future of the electronics industry.

We’re incredibly proud to announce that eight new and impactful business angels have joined Luminovo’s journey to revamp the electronics industry.

The Electronics industry has long innovation cycles, but uses short acronyms: We can deal with both.

Nicole, student at National University of Singapore, spent 6 months at Luminovo during her exchange year in Germany. From marketing strategy to beer gardens, Nicole took home a lot of new experiences - most exotic one for someone from a tropical island probably being 'Eisstockschießen'.

Sophie, a graduate from WHU, spent 3 months at Luminovo during her gap year before pursuing her Master's. From water rafting to giving pitches to potential clients, Sophie's definitely had the best of both worlds.

This last installment introduces Hybrid Processing and maps it together with Active Learning and Transductive & Inductive Semi-Supervised Learning in a novel framework.

In this post, I finally found personal closure on the topic of how AL translates to some real-world scenario and introduce Hybrid Processing as a new paradigm.

People are starting to realize that some techniques that were previously regarded as Unsupervised Learning should more aptly be named Self-Supervised Learning. Let’s expand on that.

Lumimovo goes Electronics! We have received over €2 Million in pre-seed funding for our new journey into the Electronics Industry.

Do we need to understand our models in order to trust them?

Data privacy - one of machine learning’s biggest challenges and how to tackle it.

Every problem worth solving needs great tools for support. Deep learning is no exception. If anything, it is a realm in which good tooling will become ever more important over the coming years.

Artificial Intelligence is one of the most hyped topics of recent years. Naturally, a lot of superficial knowledge has found its way into the press and the minds of the general public. In this post, I want to uncover a few of those misconceptions.

If you’re like me, you enjoy throwing CNNs at every pictorial problem that comes your way. If you’re like me, then you have heard of BatchNorm.