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The Impact of AI on PCBA Design: What You Need to Know
Providing a balanced perspective on how AI can revolutionize PCBA design while also looking at the challenges that we can face with this new technology.
May 14, 2024
Fab Insights: DVT in PCBA Product Development
Once a new development project completes the evaluation validation test (EVT) process, it is time to undertake the DVT (Design Validation Test) stage.
Fab Insights: EVT in PCBA Product Development
The engineering validation test (EVT) stage determines whether your PCBA design meets your customer’s functional product requirements.
Common EMS Engineer-Product Owner Production Conflicts
Exploring the relationship between product owners and electronics engineers, explain where it can go wrong and offer solutions to help get back on track.
Optimize Your PCBA Project Manager Role with Cloud Manufacturing
A good PCBA project manager can make or break a project. Without the right tools at their disposal, even the best project manager can become overwhelmed.
Electronics Supply Chain Problems Affecting Manufacturing
93 percent of business leaders surveyed by McKinsey have plans to make their supply chains more flexible, agile, and resilient.
Electronics Multi-Sourcing: How MacroFab Makes it Easier
Our supply chains are more complex than ever, as are the products we create. It’s hard for procurement teams to avoid disruption and meet timelines.
Integrated Data and How It Improves Electronics Procurement
Many supply chain teams don’t have the information needed to make informed decisions. They can’t respond effectively to disruption or keep up with demand.
MCAD and ECAD Collaboration for Smart Electronics Design
Electrical and mechanical automated design occur simultaneously reducing possible validation gaps when two separate design efforts happen independently.
The Last 5 Checks Before Uploading Electronics Prototype Designs
Your PCBA prototyping success hinges on adhering to a comprehensive final checklist designed to close out open items from the design.
Five Tips for Picking Your Electronics Contract Manufacturer
Moving a new prototype through to a production-ready iteration takes more time and skill than many businesses have on their own.
The Growing Importance of Electronics Supply Chain Visibility
Supply chain visibility is a priority for leaders today. Electronics supply chains face constant disruption. They’re also more fragile than we realized.
Component Obsolescence: How it Affects the PCB Supply Chain
How to mitigate your supply chains risks and extend your product life cycles with improved obsolescence management.
Develop a Demand Responsive Electronics Supply Chain
As the electronics market deals with ongoing global disruptions, companies must find proactive ways to deal with changing and developing customer demand.
Reasons Your EMS Development Team Can't Deliver on Time
Sustaining operations demands an enormous effort that leaves you worn out. Unstable external pressures keep you wondering what tomorrow will bring.
Five Principles of Electronics DFM (Design for Manufacturing)
Design for Manufacturing progression makes sure your end product is cost-effective, easy to produce, and maintains its reliability over time.
Electronics Supply Chain Update Q2
Q2 electronics supply chain update to give you deeper insight into market pressures affecting PCB assembly manufacturing today.
Strategic Sourcing Builds Organizational Resilience
Manufacturers must enhance supply chain efficiencies with the right suppliers to mitigate risks, shorten lead times, and increase inventory visibility.
Accelerated Electronics Product Design Using Cloud Manufacturing
Cloud manufacturing solutions are on the rise, thanks in large part to the rapid adoption of smart technology in industrial settings.
Cloud Manufacturing: Advantages for Rapid PCBA Prototyping
Rapid PCBA prototyping helps move designs quickly through this process and on to full production. MacroFab can expedite this process in several ways.
Successful PCBA Documentation Tips
An electronics engineer job is to make sure documentation is clean, up to date, and complete, which keeps production online and mitigates challenges.
Tips for Reducing Single Source Electronics Component Risk
Relying on a single-source part is one of the riskiest moves an engineer can make to ensure design success.
The Bullwhip Effect: How Cloud Manufacturing Can Help
The bullwhip effect is a phenomenon where ever-growing fluctuations across the entire supply chain create unforeseen and unwanted results.
The Benefits of a Digital Manufacturing Partnership
Working with a digital manufacturing partner offers new opportunities through rapid prototyping, elastic manufacturing, and operational efficiency.
Five Ways to Prevent Waste on PCBA Prototyping
PCBA prototyping establishes design feasibility and future manufacturability. Read our tips to prevent waste and improve success rates.
About MacroFab
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