Reflection - Learning Launch 

 Challenge     I am a member of a small company that specializes in manufacturing custom PCBs 

 ( Printed Circuit Boards ) for any customer , usually electronic hobbyists , provided that 

 they send the correct information about their PCB design , such as the Gerber file 

 ( electronic file that provides all the necessary information about the custom PCB 

 design such as , dimensions , position of copper pads , traces , etc ) .      The main problem that our company is facing is that many of our customers 

 complain about the long manufacturing time , about 2 weeks average for a mid size 

 custom PCB . For a frame of reference , large companies like JLC PCB usually take 

 less than 4 days to manufacture . Consequently this long manufacturing time has 

 affected our profits , since we are not able to have a large number of customers at 

 the same time .      Selection     To try to solve this issue our team used the tools of design thinking . Fast forwarding 

 a few months of design thinking activities and tools , we were ready to try the learning 

 launch tool . Generally speaking the learning launch tool is an experiment meant to 

 test an idea that we came up with in the previous design thinking activities , without 

 spending a lot of money or our time , since we are a small company with just a few 

 employees .       Application     Our idea was to improve the workflow of our manufacturing process , which was 

 causing the main time issue . Since we could not afford to buy higher quality 

 equipment that would , just by themselves , automate most of the process and lower 

 significantly our manufacturing time , we needed to use our own equipment and rely 

 on improving our logistics .     That 's where the learning launch tool was applied , we came up with the idea of 

 creating an assembly line , just like the Ford assembly line , in which each employee 

 would have a specific job in the manufacturing process , before that , the same person 

 would do the entire process by themself . So our team rearranged the location of our 

 equipment and divided our workspace into sections in which each part of the 

 assembly process would be executed . 

 This tested our assumption that we were losing a lot of time in the previous 

 manufacturing method and that the new assembly line was almost three times faster 

 than before , therefore , without spending any money on new machines , our team was 

 able to shorten the manufacture time and also get more customers , consequently 

 improve our profit margin .      Insight & Approach     By applying the learning launch tool our team realised that we do n’t need to spend a 

 lot of money to improve our workflow drastically and that logistics take a very 

 important part in business and manufacturing .     The success of this process has shown us that design thinking tools are almost 

 universal and flexible , as they can serve both large companies like IBM as well as 

 our small company of only 10 employees .     Furthermore we also considered implementing design thinking in other departments 

 of our business , such as marketing , in which we would apply the tool of market 

 research and interviews to have a more broad understanding about our customer ’s 

 needs . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection - Learning Launch 

 Challenge     I am a member of a small company that specializes in manufacturing custom PCBs 

 ( Printed Circuit Boards ) for any customer , usually electronic hobbyists , provided that 

 they send the correct information about their PCB design , such as the Gerber file 

 ( electronic file that provides all the necessary information about the custom PCB 

 design such as , dimensions , position of copper pads , traces , etc ) .      The main problem that our company is facing is that many of our customers 

 complain about the long manufacturing time , about 2 weeks average for a mid size 

 custom PCB . For a frame of reference , large companies like JLC PCB usually take 

 less than 4 days to manufacture . Consequently this long manufacturing time has 

 affected our profits , since we are not able to have a large number of customers at 

 the same time .      Selection     To try to solve this issue our team used the tools of design thinking . Fast forwarding 

 a few months of design thinking activities and tools , we were ready to try the learning 

 launch tool . Generally speaking the learning launch tool is an experiment meant to 

 test an idea that we came up with in the previous design thinking activities , without 

 spending a lot of money or our time , since we are a small company with just a few 

 employees .       Application     Our idea was to improve the workflow of our manufacturing process , which was 

 causing the main time issue . Since we could not afford to buy higher quality 

 equipment that would , just by themselves , automate most of the process and lower 

 significantly our manufacturing time , we needed to use our own equipment and rely 

 on improving our logistics .     That 's where the learning launch tool was applied , we came up with the idea of 

 creating an assembly line , just like the Ford assembly line , in which each employee 

 would have a specific job in the manufacturing process , before that , the same person 

 would do the entire process by themself . So our team rearranged the location of our 

 equipment and divided our workspace into sections in which each part of the 

 assembly process would be executed . 

 This tested our assumption that we were losing a lot of time in the previous 

 manufacturing method and that the new assembly line was almost three times faster 

 than before , therefore , without spending any money on new machines , our team was 

 able to shorten the manufacture time and also get more customers , consequently 

 improve our profit margin .      Insight & Approach     By applying the learning launch tool our team realised that we do n’t need to spend a 

 lot of money to improve our workflow drastically and that logistics take a very 

 important part in business and manufacturing .     The success of this process has shown us that design thinking tools are almost 

 universal and flexible , as they can serve both large companies like IBM as well as 

 our small company of only 10 employees .     Furthermore we also considered implementing design thinking in other departments 

 of our business , such as marketing , in which we would apply the tool of market 

 research and interviews to have a more broad understanding about our customer ’s 

 needs .
### Output: 