Fritz Awig/Pressco Technology Presentation

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Managing Innovation
Fritz Awig
Vice President, Engineering and Operations
February 28, 2014
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Managing Innovation
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Company Overview
Product/Market Evolution
Managing Innovation
Recognizing Good and Bad Innovation
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
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Company was founded in 1966 as an
engineering-oriented machine tool
distributor
Pressco entered the High-Speed Vision
Inspection Market in 1983
Today we are considered an innovation pioneer in
advanced on-line, computer automated vision
inspection and process analysis products and services
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Mission Statement
To be the World Leader in engineered on-line Sensing and
Process Analysis products and services which delight customers
while applying Biblical principles of ethics.
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Our 56,000 sq ft facility houses Engineering,
Manufacturing, Research, Sales & Marketing,
Service, Training and Support organizations
18,000 sq ft is dedicated to
technical support and new
product development
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Pressco Technology Inc. is the proud
owner of over 30 patented technologies
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Pressco began exporting in 1988 and has installed over
7,200 systems in 78 countries around the world
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Sales/Service Offices
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Pressco Serves Very Diverse Markets
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Pressco Markets
Other
14%
Closures
13%
Filling
8%
Plastic Container
16%
Metal Container
Food
13%
Metal Container
Beverage
36%
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PRODUCT/MARKET EVOLUTION
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Vision Inspection Requirements
(circa 1980):
• Single manufacturing line
• 200 parts per minute
• 20/20 vision
• Inconsistent performance
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First vision inspection system ever
installed in the metal container
industry
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One electronics cabinet
One inspection module
One camera
One light source
One lane
500 parts per minute
NO REJECTER!
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Metal Container Market
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One electronics cabinet
Four inspection modules
Eight cameras
Sixteen lighting arrays
Four independent lanes
3600 parts per minute
Extremely consistent
performance
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Filling Market
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High Resolution Camera
Integrated Touch Screen
Washdown Compliant (NEMA-4X)
New challenge: sloshing liquid
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As customers innovate, successful
companies must innovate as well
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CULTIVATING
MANAGING INNOVATION
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Cultivating Innovation
Right Approach
Innovation
“Rights”
Right Environment
Right People
Right Recognition
Right Relationships
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Right Approach
Team
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Meet together
Start the flow of ideas
Let everyone contribute
Get out of the way
Usually best for complex, cross
functional, system level problems
Individual
• Issue a challenge (but know who
can be challenged)
• Let them ponder & experiment
• Listen to their suggestions
• Usually best for solving specific
market needs
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Right Approach
Structured
• Patterned after ISO process (PMR,
Specifications, etc)
• Has it’s place (system development)
• Leads to evolution rather than
revolution
Free Form
• No structure
• Has it’s place (solve an immediate
problem)
• Leads to revolution rather than
evolution
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Controlled
freedom
Challenge &
encourage
No bad ideas
Break down
barriers
Right Environment
Let everyone
contribute
Be flexible
Management isn’t
always right
Be willing to
listen
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Horrible image!
Not enough edges!
Not enough contrast!
Can’t be done!
>95%
read rate
Reduce the field of view
Apply dark field illumination
Rotate the image
Pre-filter the image
Apply contrast enhancements
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Right People
Orderly and methodical
Cluttered and haphazard
Successful companies need both!
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Software Algorithm
Novel
Does it represent a new
approach that wasn’t
obvious?
Right Recognition
Departmental Process
Utility
Can the design be
leveraged to solve other
problems?
Impact
How important was this
problem to Pressco or the
customer?
Standard
Problem
Difficulty
How difficult was the
problem to be solved?
Can standard equipment
be utilized?
System Architecture
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Right People
Orderly and methodical
Cluttered and chaotic
Successful companies need both!
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Be available
MBWA
Know your
people
and their families
Show
enthusiasm &
interest
Invite others to
see their
progress
Right Relationships
Encourage
Follow up
regularly
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RECOGNIZING GOOD AND BAD
INNOVATION
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Recent Pressco Innovations
INDIVIDUAL
TEAM
BARRIER
Optimizer™
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“Management is always right”
Draw Mark Filter
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Problem unresolved for 20 years
Series IV-D Plus
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System architecture won’t support it
Reject FIFO
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Encoder pulse = part position
BMID (Phase 1)
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“We know the market”
BMID (Phase 2)
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Horrible image
CSE Issues Database
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Do things the way we’ve always done them
Pocket Correlator
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System architecture limitations
E Series Modules
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No time to do it right
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icon
iCAM
FHCP-3X
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No market need
Didn’t meet market requirements
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Not enough time
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Recognizing Good and Bad Innovation
• Know your market(s)
– What do they want and need?
– Be willing to listen!
• Know your product and its applications
– Does the innovation fit?
– Voice recognition software
• Know your limitations (but be careful)
– “That image is horrible”
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Right Approach
Innovation
“Rights”
Right Environment
Right People
Right Recognition
Right Relationships
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to to
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innovate,the
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to innovate,
to to
excel
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innovate,the
thetechnology
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to to
excel
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innovate,the
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excel™
thevision
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THANK YOU

Fritz Awig/Pressco Technology Presentation

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