Wake up, time to get real
Recently, I read a study that claimed 9 out of 10 managers are making important decisions for their companies using intuition. Wikipedia describes intuition as the ability to acquire knowledge without proof, evidence, or conscious reasoning, or without understanding how the knowledge was acquired. What a nice description for basing decisions on a gut feeling. When analyzing the P/L statements of European EMS companies, it looks to this consultant that intuition is the preferred tool for many in EMS management.
Dr. Jennie Hwang to address “Preventing Production Defects and Product Failures” at SMT HYBRID PACKAGING 2018, Nuremberg, Germany
Under today’s manufacturing and market environment, the effort to maximize production yield, reduce cost and assure product reliability is becoming increasingly important to a company’s competitiveness. Considering the new and anticipated developments in packaging and assembly and with the goal of achieving high yield and reliability in mind, the “how-to” prevent prevailing production defects and […]
IPC Addresses Skills Gap with Revised EDGE Platform, Introduces New Job Task Analysis Committee
By Dave Hernandez, Senior Director of Learning and Professional Development In a recent IPC global survey, we found that while the skills gap may vary depending on the job role and geographic location surveyed, the effects are negatively impacting our industry now and will continue over the next decade. The companies surveyed reported that almost […]
Simon Rowe joins Spirit Circuits to help drive Value-Added Resale PCB Sales
Waterlooville, UK, – SCL PCB Solutions Group, a European manufacturer of PCB requirements, announced that Simon Rowe has joined Spirit Circuits as Business Development Manager VAR Sales. In a highly competitive and price sensitive market, customers of Spirit Circuits can rely on the company’s unique sales proposition for highly competitive terms and prices for the supply […]
Aerospace Industry Association (AIA) Releases Recommendations on Future of the Industrial Base
AIA released its recommendations responding to the ongoing interagency assessment of the manufacturing and defense industrial base and their supply chains required by Executive Order 13806, Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States. The report, “Fostering the Manufacturing & Defense Industrial Base of the Future,” […]