SMT007 Magazine

4 SMT Magazine • October 2015 This month, SMT Magazine discusses strategies and technologies that will help electronics assemblers reduce cycle times in their processes to improve their efficiencies and increase their productivity. CyCle Time ReduCTion Value Stream mapping: operationalizing lean manufacturing by Erwin Patrocinio Choosing the Right Component to Reduce Cycle Times Interview with Edward Neff Cycle Time Reduction in the eye of Aoi Interview with Norihiko Koike Reducing Cycle Times with innovative Bonding Solutions Interview with Gudrun Weigel Technologies to enable Quick-Turn PCB Assemblies by Khurrum Dhanji Process improvements for Cycle Time Reduction Interview with Randall Williams is Automation the Answer to Cycle Time Reduction? Interview with George Liu inspection innovations to Reduce Cycle Time Interview with Guido Bornemann 12 20 30 36 42 46 58 70 October 2015 m a g a z i n e This Month's Feature Articles

• Cover
• Feature Articles — Cycle Time Reduction
• Table of Contents
• Column — The Need for Speed
• Feature — Value Stream Mapping: Operationalizing Lean Manufacturing
• Feature Interview — Choosing the Right Component to Reduce Cycle Times
• Feature Column — Reducing Print Cycle Time
• Short — Darwin on a Chip
• Feature Interview — Cycle Time Reduction in the Eye of AOI
• EIN Market Highlights
• Feature Interview — Reducing Cycle Times with Innovative Bonding Solutions
• Feature — Technologies to Enable Quick-Turn PCB Assemblies
• Feature Interview — Process Improvements for Cycle Time Reduction
• Short — Nanostructures for Contactless Control
• Feature Column — Cycle Time Reduction with WORK, Part I
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Feature Interview — Is Automation the Answer to Cycle Time Reduction?
• Column — Gold Embrittlement Mitigation: Understanding the New J-STD-001 Requirements
• Short — A Fast Cell Sorter Shrinks to Cell Phone Size
• Supply Line Highlights
• Feature Interview — Inspection Innovations to Reduce Cycle Time
• Short — Permanent Data Storage with Light
• Column — Selecting a Reflow Oven, Part 3
• Top Ten Recent Highlights from SMT007
• Events Calendar
• Advertiser Index and Masthead