OCTOBER 2019 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 87
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Operational Excellence: Becoming
the Preferred Supplier, Phase 3—
Re-engineer Your Quality System
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The final phase of becom-
ing a preferred supplier is
to apply a business process
re-engineer approach to
your quality system. Before
you start with this phase,
the company should have
implemented Phase 1 and Phase 2, which are
focused on changing its leadership mentality
to embrace LEAN Six Sigma and the pillars of
operational excellence.
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Whizz Systems on Competing
in Silicon Valley
E
Whizz Systems is an EMS
provider located in Silicon
Valley that has managed to
survive and thrive through
many of the industry ups
and downs of the past two
decades. President Muham-
mad Irfan discusses the company's assembly
and design services, as well as trends he sees
from the industry in the Valley.
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Libra Industries Continues to
Support 'Alliance for Working
Together' Competition
E
Libra Industries has received the Best Sports-
manship Award at the 2019 Alliance for Work-
ing Together (AWT) Annual RoboBot Compe-
tition.
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Smart Made Simple Appoints
Steven Blyth Director of
Business Development
E
With over 20 years of exec-
utive experience in electron-
ics, Steven Blyth is ready to
transform Smart Made Sim-
ple (SMS) into the U.K.'s
leading electronic manufac-
turing service provider (EMS)
for concept-to-creation services, adding value
along the production lifecycle for all customers.
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Jet Dragster Champ Elaine Larsen
to Keynote Women in Electronics
Reception at IPC APEX EXPO 2020
E
Elaine Larsen, 2014 and 2015
IHRA Jet Dragster World
Champion and driver of the
Florida Institute of Technol-
ogy Florida's Space Coast Jet
Dragster, will speak at the IPC
APEX EXPO Women in Elec-
tronics reception on February 4, 2020.
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IEEE's 5G Future E
Dan Feinberg speaks with
Kathy Grise, IEEE Future
Directions senior program
director, at the AWE confer-
ence recently in San Jose,
California, about the impend-
ing impact of 5G technology
and related immersive technologies, including
autonomous driving, XR, AR, and VR.
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Elaine Larsen
Kathy Grise
Steven Blyth
Muhammad Irfan
Alfred Macha
