SMT007 Magazine

4 SMT Magazine • July 2015 This month, SMT Magazine tackles the supply chain—from various approaches to making it work for you, to what history has shown about its many iterations, and how some suppliers are setting the bar very high for the future of supply chain management. Echostar: The Future of Supply Chain Management Done Right by Barry Matties Beating the Supply Chain Challenge: Interview with SMTC Corp. by Richard Ayes Cutting Cost, Not Price by John Daker ArticlE ExcErpt Supply Chain in the 21st Century by Steve Williams 12 34 38 48 Featured Content July 2015 Supply Chain ManageMent m a g a z i n E

• Cover
• Featured Content — Supply Chain Management
• Contents
• Column — The Theory Behind Tin Whisker Phenomena, Part 2
• Short — Research Simplifies Recycling of Rare-Earth Magnets
• Feature — EchoStar: The Future of Supply Chain Management Done Right
• Feature — Beating the Supply Chain Challenge: Interview with SMTC Corp.
• Feature — Cutting Cost, Not Price
• Short — I-Connect007 Seeks Experienced Editor
• Article Excerpt — Supply Chain in the 21st Century
• Short — MAPI U.S. Industrial Outlook: Growth Decelerates in 2015
• EIN Market Highlights
• Column — Industry 4.0: Who Benefits?
• SMT007 Supplier/New Product Highlights
• Article — Benefits of Soldering with Vacuum Profiles, Part 2
• Short — I-Connect007 Survey Finds Lowering Cost, Automation among Key Supply Chain Concerns
• Mil/Aero007 Highlights
• Column — A Rework Dilemma: PCB Shields
• Top Ten Recent Highlights from SMT007
• Events Calendar
• Advertiser Index & Masthead