Folks, Every week potential clients present us with new manufacturing engineering projects that are on the fast track to nowhere. These poor misguided people are leaping into an abyss that filled with what we call…
How To Predict an Orphaned Product
“We Won't Pay for Tooling!”
Folks, At least once a week when we’re discussing a manufacturing engineering program, a new client tells us “we won’t pay for tooling or dies.” This utterance is rooted in three circumstances: An inexperienced junior…
Our Love/Hate Relationship with Ali Baba and His 40 Thieves
Folks, If your job requires that you find sources for electronic components, formed metal products, industrial hardware, mechanical sub assemblies and just about anything else that can be made in a factory, there’s a pack…
Defeating the Golden Sample Syndrome: Crede Sed Proba!
Since my early days as a process engineer in the printed circuit board (PCB) industry, I’ve been witness to the “Golden Sample Syndrome.” Back then, it was difficult to have multilayer PCBs consistently pass UL…
Boot Camp for Suppliers
Following the response I received to last month’s letter “Waving the Magic Compliance Wand” I thought that it would be worthwhile to share a bit of our experience with monitoring and improving the operations of…