This Would Be Funny If It Wasn’t Happening to Me: Navigating Manufacturing as a Woman, Jody Urquhart
At APEX 2025, I spoke with Jody Urquhart, the standup comedian and motivation speaker giving the keynote at IPC’s Women in Electronics Reception, about her provocatively titled message, “This Would Be Funny If It Wasn’t Happening to Me”. Rather than adapting to traditional expectations, Jody advocates for women to leverage their natural strengths—empathy, emotional intelligence, […]
Downstream Inventory Reduction Eases DRAM Price Decline in 2Q25, Says TrendForce
TrendForce’s latest findings reveal that U.S. tariff hikes prompted most downstream brands to frontload shipments to 1Q25, accelerating inventory reduction across the memory supply chain. Looking ahead to the second quarter, conventional DRAM prices are expected to decline by just 0–5% QoQ, while average DRAM pricing including HBM is forecast to rise by 3–8%, driven […]
Cetec ERP Enhances Efficiency for EMS Companies with Latest Software Upgrades
Austin, TX – Cetec ERP, a leading cloud ERP software provider, continues to drive innovation in manufacturing software with its latest updates—versions 4.16, 4.17, and 4.18—bringing powerful new tools designed to streamline production, optimize inventory management, and improve communication for Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers. Keeping EMS operations running efficiently requires continuous improvement, and Cetec […]
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AI & Analytics at IPC APEX: Aegis Software’s CEO Jason Spera on New Frontiers
Manufacturing technology continues to evolve at speed, but making sense of buzzwords like AI requires cutting through the noise to find real business value. In this conversation from IPC APEX 2025, Jason from Aegis Software talks to EMSNOW’s Eric Miscoll and reveals how companies are transforming manufacturing execution systems into strategic assets that quantify their […]