Public Relations

Results:

• Produced successful case study videos featured on Apple's official websites worldwide, expanding the recognition of Ash Cloud. Link to the successful case on Apple.com ->
• Organized factory open days, attracting visits with Japan's former Foreign Minister, Motegi Toshimitsu (茂木 敏充), and the founder of Foxconn, Terry Gou(郭台銘).

Tasks

• Promote the success story of Ash Cloud on Apple's official website
• Organize and host the factory open day

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Establishing a new plastic production and molding division

Tasks:

• Acquire knowledge in new fields: plastic injection molding, CNC machining.
• Technically evaluate and procure various high-value processing equipments.
• Plan factory sites, technology, and various specifications for water, electricity.. etc.
• Resolve various production and technical issues.
• Expand production scale.

Results:

• Successfully established smooth mass production, exporting products and molds to Europe and the United States.

Creating an Industrial IoT System

Tasks:

• Designing IoT hardware and software.
• Collecting data from machines, applying AI machine learning to analyze status to infer operational efficiency.
• Collecting data on water, electricity, gas consumption, as well as environmental factors such as temperature and humidity.
• Using the time-series database influxDB to store production data.
• Implementing 3D printing for small-batch design and production.

Results:

• IoT devices that can transmit equipment status without the need for intrusion into the machinery.
• Easy setup, accessible even to non-specialists.

Establishing a Production Dashboard System

Tasks:

• Installing displays and Raspberry Pi computers in the production site.
• Configuring the Raspberry Pi to display a specific webpage upon startup.
• Designing necessary data charts for display on the server for various site dashboards.

Results:

• The dashboard enables the visibility of latent issues in the production site, facilitating real-time detection and resolution, thereby enhancing production efficiency and reducing waste.

Unlocking AWS cloud servers, optimizing and adding new features

Tasks

• Emergency assignment to handle 16 Linux servers with no documentation and locked keys, to prevent the halt of the production management system.
• Understanding the original architecture and interdependencies from backup images, addressing issues related to startup sequences, and replacing keys for a reboot.
• Optimizing system architecture, rewriting components, and implementing Docker.

Results:

• Planning a new authority structure, establishing an internal documentation wiki to prevent a similar disaster from recurring.
• Improving optimization, enhancing system stability and fault tolerance, resulting in a reduction in monthly AWS costs from $CNY 20,000 to $7,000 (a 65% decrease).

Build and install Yieldstar

Machine father of YieldStar, install several machines in TSMC Hsinchu and Tainan.