108 SMT007 MAGAZINE I FEBRUARY 2020
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Quest for Reliability:
Old Dogs, New Tricks
E
Eric Camden hears two
phrases way too often on a
production floor: "We have
always done it this way." But
times change, and technol-
ogy changes even faster, and
if you don't keep up, you will
be left behind. Camden explains how these
phrases are not very helpful regarding reliabil-
ity, and how you should focus on emerging
technologies and the associated risk that may
be unique to that package.
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IPC Government Relations Team
Offering Education and Fun at
IPC APEX EXPO
E
Your IPC Government Relations team is pre-
paring a variety of activities to educate and
engage you on these issues. IPC's Chris Mitch-
ell discusses some of the highlights attendees
will see at IPC APEX EXPO from a government
relations perspective.
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Powerful Prototypes:
Five Technological Shifts
in the New Decade
E
Depending on your perspec-
tive, we are either starting the
last year of the old decade or
starting the first year of the
new decade. But regardless
of what you call the decade, a
lot of change is in store. Duane Benson shares
five of the more significant technological shifts
directly ahead of us and how to respond.
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What You Need to Know About
the Digital Factory
E
Barry Matties spoke with Oren
Manor, director of business
d eve l o p m e n t f o r M e n t o r,
A Siemens Business, during
productronica about the many
benefits of a digital factory and
what's keeping companies from becoming one.
Oren also gives examples of big data analytics
along with the move to a lot size of one.
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