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Scores on the EMS doors: how real-time data dashboards drive service levels and operational efficiencies

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If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. Peter Drucker, Management Consultant The most successful EMS operations are those which combine the mass delivery and rigidity of automation with the intelligence and flexibility of those programming the machines. Stewart Gadd, Technical Director, Chemigraphic Not all perfect storms are a bad thing. In electronic manufacturing … Read more

Through-hole Assembly

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Through-hole Assembly The technology and talent to meet all your through-hole assembly needs Although through-hole assembly is an established and proven process, it is still one of the most robust and widely used construction technologies used in product manufacture. We have the equipment and skills required to cater for a whole range of through-hole assemblies, relying on human expertise and … Read more

EMS in the 2020s: the changing face of outsourced electronics manufacturing

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The future has already happened. Or, at least the seeds of future change have already been sown. They’ve been planted by an electronic manufacturing environment where a changing global landscape, shifting customer demands and technological advances are already remoulding the role, processes and capabilities of EMS providers. As a new decade dawns in 2020, many … Read more

Robotics: why are some manufacturers still afraid of the Big Bad Bot?

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The idea of a human-looking robot has been a staple of science-fiction for decades, and of mythological imaginings since as far back as the Ancient Greeks. It is only in the last few years, however, with the recent publicity for Boston Dynamics, that this dream appears to be finally coming close to fruition. Videos of … Read more

Automation transforms the manufacture of electronic medical devices

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OEMs servicing the healthcare and medical sector are feeling the squeeze as new technologies introduce as many new challenges as they provide opportunities and solutions. Let’s take a look at the role of automation – and how it is answering old problems as it creates a fresh set of challenges – to those researching, developing … Read more

Raising the barcode: Why large component volumes need control processes like barcoding

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Raising the barcode: With large component volumes, control processes such as barcoding are vital With OEMs under increasing pressure to produce and distribute products to ever decreasing timeframes but higher standards than ever, getting the manufacturing practices as smooth as possible is a major priority. Handing the management of this process and of the parts … Read more