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4 SMT007 MAGAZINE I OCTOBER 2018 The PCB assembly industry is edging closer to the true vision of Industry 4.0. With IPC's Connected Factory Exchange (CFX) standard—a common machine commu- nications standard for the electronics assembly supply chain—electronics manufacturing is on its way to become even smarter. This issue of SMT007 Magazine looks at the latest developments in the CFX standard and its overall impact on the PCB assembly process. CFX: The Foundation of Industry 4.0 CFX: Building the Foundation for Industry 4.0 Interview with Dave Bergman Understanding the Benefits of CFX Interview with David Fenton Challenges and Opportunities with CFX Interview with Larry Chen FEATURE COLUMNS: The Truth About CFX by Michael Ford Are You Connected to Reliability? by Eric Camden 12 38 56 26 50 OCTOBER 2018 • FEATURED CONTENT 12 38 56 50