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Re-Shoring or Near-Shoring Concepts Should be Strongly Considered when the OEM's Goal is to Deliver Optimum Balance Between Landed Cost...

The old tactic of outsourcing to a low cost geography simply to deliver lowest cost direct and indirect labor was never a panacea supply chain solution. In fact,when evaluating solutions for lo .. read more

Overcoming Logistic,Economic and Technical Challenges to Implementing Functional Test in High Mix / High Volume Production Environments

Functional circuit test (FCT) of circuit boards and end products in a high volume (>1000 units per day) production environment presents challenging technical,logistic and cost obstacles that ar .. read more

Lead Free Assembly Qualification of Stacked MicroVia Boards

Beginning July 2006,the electronic industry will enter the age of lead –free assembly and products in Europe. The removal of lead from electronics brings massive changes for all companies in th .. read more

X-ray Inspection of Voids in BGA Joints with Respect to the IPC-7095A Specification

With the introduction of Lead-free solder,voiding within BGA joints is potentially a major issue during PCBA manufacture. With BGA components sometimes costing hundreds or even thousands of US .. read more

Are Scandinavian Companies Ready for Production of Lead Free PCBs?

For more than two years,experts,authorities and sales people in the electronic industry have talked about WEEE and RoHS. In most cases,it has been theoretical and few companies in Scandinavia h .. read more

Lead Free Implementation in the Global Market

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive is requires companies to change the way they design, manufacture,track,and bring new products into the market. In order to provide the n .. read more

OEM/EMS NPI Collaboration: Optimizing the Design and NPI Supply Chain to Improve Time-To-Volume Manufacturing

The outsourcing trend within the electronics industry continues to accelerate as OEMs focus their limited resources on core competencies that enhance shareholder value. This outsourcing trend i .. read more

EMS/OEM Interaction: Maximizing Benefit by Optimizing Communication

The relationship between the OEM and the EMS provider (Electronic Manufacturing Services) has evolved with the increase in outsourcing of manufacturing services. This has resulted in the conseq .. read more

The 2002 - 2003 National Technology Roadmap for Electronic Interconnections

The OEM desires identified in the 2002 – 2003 roadmap clearly identify,through their emulators,the present and future needs of the products that the emulators represent. There are a total of ei .. read more

Thermal Reliability of Printed Wiring Boards: What's Coming From the OEM?

Several of the major OEMs are introducing a variety of thermal reliability requirements for printed wiring boards as a result of increasing demands during assembly. These increasing demands man .. read more

Re-Shoring or Near-Shoring Concepts Should be Strongly Considered when the OEM's Goal is to Deliver Optimum Balance Between Landed Cost...

The old tactic of outsourcing to a low cost geography simply to deliver lowest cost direct and indirect labor was never a panacea supply chain solution. In fact,when evaluating solutions for lo .. read more

Overcoming Logistic,Economic and Technical Challenges to Implementing Functional Test in High Mix / High Volume Production Environments

Functional circuit test (FCT) of circuit boards and end products in a high volume (>1000 units per day) production environment presents challenging technical,logistic and cost obstacles that ar .. read more

Lead Free Assembly Qualification of Stacked MicroVia Boards

Beginning July 2006,the electronic industry will enter the age of lead –free assembly and products in Europe. The removal of lead from electronics brings massive changes for all companies in th .. read more

X-ray Inspection of Voids in BGA Joints with Respect to the IPC-7095A Specification

With the introduction of Lead-free solder,voiding within BGA joints is potentially a major issue during PCBA manufacture. With BGA components sometimes costing hundreds or even thousands of US .. read more

Are Scandinavian Companies Ready for Production of Lead Free PCBs?

For more than two years,experts,authorities and sales people in the electronic industry have talked about WEEE and RoHS. In most cases,it has been theoretical and few companies in Scandinavia h .. read more

Lead Free Implementation in the Global Market

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive is requires companies to change the way they design, manufacture,track,and bring new products into the market. In order to provide the n .. read more

OEM/EMS NPI Collaboration: Optimizing the Design and NPI Supply Chain to Improve Time-To-Volume Manufacturing

The outsourcing trend within the electronics industry continues to accelerate as OEMs focus their limited resources on core competencies that enhance shareholder value. This outsourcing trend i .. read more

EMS/OEM Interaction: Maximizing Benefit by Optimizing Communication

The relationship between the OEM and the EMS provider (Electronic Manufacturing Services) has evolved with the increase in outsourcing of manufacturing services. This has resulted in the conseq .. read more

The 2002 - 2003 National Technology Roadmap for Electronic Interconnections

The OEM desires identified in the 2002 – 2003 roadmap clearly identify,through their emulators,the present and future needs of the products that the emulators represent. There are a total of ei .. read more

Thermal Reliability of Printed Wiring Boards: What's Coming From the OEM?

Several of the major OEMs are introducing a variety of thermal reliability requirements for printed wiring boards as a result of increasing demands during assembly. These increasing demands man .. read more