Customer-facing teams confront unique challenges, often unbeknownst amongst our internal supported teams. Successfully addressing customer needs requires a tenacity for closing tasks in a fluid environment often operating with loosely defined processes. Understanding the backbone of our process and …
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Process Engineering
Top-line growth and deeper customer satisfaction with process strategy leadership
Elon Musk: Five rules for new product hardware development
Just because something can be designed or built does not mean it should be. We’ve all seen hardware or equipment that might look cool, but is serves little or no real, practical purpose. The following comment is from Elon Musk …
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Reducing risk in your supply chain: Techniques for selecting and verifying second sources
Best practices for titles and responsibilities wanting robust AVLs and BOMs in electronics industry.
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EMS manufacturing factory labor cost checklist review for OEM equipment manufacturers sourcing EMS services
Electronics contract EMS manufacturers will price direct labor (DL) costs into quoted pricing during RFQ phases with OEM prospects and existing customers seeking EMS services. Many electronics OEM equipment manufacturers recognize DL costs tied to MCOGs. But, what many OEMs …
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The role of value analysis and value engineering in electronics equipment manufacturing
Value analysis and value engineering, often times condensed to VA/VE, can be applied to a wide range of electronics markets and industries, including consumer electronics, industrial electronics, medical electronics, and aerospace and defense electronics. These methodologies can be particularly beneficial …
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How robotics automation can actually increase manufacturing costs
Automation technology can lead to increased costs of manufacturing in a few ways: Initial investments of robotics and manufacturing related automation can be expensive. Automation equipment and technology can be costly to purchase and install, leading to a higher initial …
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Pros and cons of standalone vs systems integrated costing modelers for contract electronics equipment manufacturing
When considering cost modelers for manufacturing, are you looking for a standalone solution or do you want to integrate value analysis and value engineering capabilities with other systems like SAP, Oracle, QED, to name a few? Decision-making for purchasing a …
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Buying automated conformal coating systems, used equipment for quality circuit board assembly manufacturing
Electronics products can be compromised by moisture, shock, change in altitude and various other changes in product environment. Conformal coatings (urethane, acrylic, silicon, varnish…) and systems, whether for small builds or high-volume and in-line processing, help combat against product quality …
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EMS manufacturing direct labor checklist in OEM program costs and pricing EMS supplier quotes
Key aspects when measuring direct labor performance in EMS manufacturing factories, with links to EMS KPIs and cost reduction and cost modeling OEM contract manufacturing.
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Pilot build checklist for electronics system integration box build programs
Pilot build checklist covers materials, business interests, production, test, training, capacity planning and more. OEMs can help make sure EMS providers have everything in order using this checklist.
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