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Welcome Home: The APAC to America PCBA Reshoring Guide

Take the guesswork out of moving your electronics business back to the U.S. with our straightforward guide.

October 24, 2023

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The Complete Guide to Electronics Cloud Manufacturing

Find out how electronics cloud manufacturing can transform the way you do business.

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Design Faster, Improve Quality: Tips for PCBA Development

Your bottom line will suffer if you ship products late. You need a way to successfully accelerate product development during these challenging times.

Improve Electronics Procurement with Modern Strategic Sourcing Principles

Improve Electronics Procurement with Modern Strategic Sourcing Principles

OEM's can adapt to market trends, withstand disruption, maximize operational efficiency, and automate procurement processes.

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The Electronics Product Development Lifecycle

Product owners are critical to the success of the electronic product development lifecycle, providing strategic direction and focus for the organization.

The Electronics Product Design Lifecycle: How Delays Happen

The Electronics Product Design Lifecycle: How Delays Happen

Teams working through the PCBA engineering design cycle must iterate through various production stages, including prototyping, EVT, DVT, and PVT.

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How PCB Cloud Manufacturing Can Drive IoT Hardware Innovation

This article discusses how PCB cloud manufacturing supports and enables IoT hardware development.

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Checklist: Step-by-Step Guide to PCBA Production

We’ve put together an electronics production checklist to help you confidently scale through each production phase.

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Avoiding EMS Assembly Issues Using ECAD/MCAD Integration

CAD tools improves the design process accomplishes mechanical modeling, thermal modeling, and stress simulations using a single tool CAD analysis.

Electronic Component Procurement Methods for Quality Outcomes

Electronic Component Sourcing Using Digital Tools and Modern Techniques

Quality components lead to quality goods, higher sales, and better customer experiences. Yet, there’s a problem...

Strategies for Quality Electronics Production

Strategies to Facilitate Painless Production

When designing new electronics products, it’s crucial to think ahead to production. Designs should anticipate challenges and minimize future modifications.

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Is Your Electronics Supply Chain Risk Blind or Risk Resilient?

The semiconductor shortage has hindered production across industries, including the home appliance and telecommunications sectors.

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Risk Management Tips for PCB Design and Manufacturing

In the post-Covid supply chain, engineers must consider form, fit, and function and also whether there will be components available to build their product.

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Electronics Cloud Manufacturing Services Deliver New PCB Possibilities

Electronic product development is a highly iterative process that involves going back and forth between the design and manufacturing stages.

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Sourcing, Fabrication, Assembly & Testing Capabilities

MacroFab capabilities include fine-pitch BGA, HDI, and QFN assembly. Download this document for an overview of our fabrication and assembly specifications.

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Digital Supply Chains: Advantages for Electronics Manufacturing

With recent supply shortages, long lead times, and logistics challenges, manufacturers need a better long-term approach to supply chain continuity.

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Electronics Contract Manufacturer Candidate Decision Matrix

This decision matrix will help you identify your manufacturing priorities so you can choose the electronics contract manufacturer that can best serve them.

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Overcoming Electronics Supply Chain Disruptions Using Cloud Manufacturing

Our supplier networks are deeply intertwined. Regional occurrences can affect locations halfway across the world.

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Managing the Risks of Alternative Sourcing in PCBA Electronics

Q4 of 2021 saw a 150% increase in component search activity as companies searched for ways to meet deadlines and maintain revenue.

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Benefits of Nearshoring or Reshoring Your Electronics Manufacturing

China’s dominant role as the “world’s factory” has recently clashed with the real need for agility and quick turnaround for specialized production.

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Engineering Development Maturity Assessment for Electronics Manufacturing

Designed to measure and improve processes, a successful engineering development maturity assessment determines design viability & manufacturing readiness.

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Choose the Optimal Electronics Manufacturer for New Product Prototyping

As new technologies, capabilities, and manufacturing equipment come into play, the prototyping phase validates the functionality of a new product.

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Electronics Manufacturing in China and Mexico: A Comparative Analysis

Manufacturing location is a serious decision with long term ramifications. EEs and tech startups must weigh all factors before choosing a location.