100 SMT007 MAGAZINE I MARCH 2022
During this
conversation,
Business Devel-
opment Manager
Mark Laing of
Siemens Digital
Industries Soft-
ware and Editor
Nolan Johnson discuss the latest in EMS quoting
and a variety of challenges in the supply chain. They
also discuss the quality and accuracy of BOM data
supplied to EMS companies.
It's a brand-new year; things are
going to be different. We have now
settled into the COVID life. But the
good news is that we have learned
how to do things effectively during
these especially challenging times.
Some of us have increased our
marketing, others have found differ-
ent ways to communicate with our
customers, and many of us, much
to our surprise, have found that our
top numbers have been actually
increasing in the past two years.
The Government Circuit: Ready to Tackle 2022
As anticipated, it was a busy close to 2021 in Washington, and we saw
resolutions on several major legislative priorities, including the annual
defense authorization bill, which affects billions in future defense electronics
spending. Meanwhile, negotiations on the U.S. Innovation and Competitive-
ness Act (USICA) remain on the back burner but could heat up in Q1. Read
on for some of the recent highlights from 2021 and a look forward to 2022.
Real Time with... IPC APEX
EXPO 2022: Quoting, the
Supply Chain, and BOMs
Real Time with... IPC APEX EXPO:
Advocacy in Washington
Editor Nolan Johnson sits down for an interview with
Chris Mitchell, Vice President of Global Government
Relations at IPC. They discuss the industry's advocacy
in Washington to educate Congress on our key issues,
as well as the growth in global advocacy by IPC.
Chris Mitchell
Standard of Excellence:
Partnerships Made Us
Stronger
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