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Accelerating Electronic Supply Chains With Luminovo
April 9, 2026 | Real Time with... APEX EXPOEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
Timon Ruban, founder of Luminovo, explains how his company's electronic supply chain platform is revolutionizing the quoting process for contract manufacturers, reducing BOM pricing time from days to under an hour. Learn about their AI strategy and vision for coordinating company knowledge work through supply chain data in this interview.
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