88 The PCB Magazine • March 2016
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Happy's Essential Skills:
The Need for Total Quality
Control (Six Sigma and
Statistical Tools), Part 2
The statistical representa-
tion of six sigma describes
quantitatively how a process
is performing. To achieve
six sigma, a process must
not produce more than 3.4
defects per million opportu-
nities. A six sigma defect is
defined as anything outside
of customer specifications.
2
What a Long, Strange Trip
it's Been—and It's a Long
Way from Being Over
harvey Miller has been in the
PCB industry for more than 40
years, and he's probably seen it
all. I recently sat down with har-
vey at a wine bar in Palo Alto to
learn more about his history in
the industry and where he sees
it going forward. harvey arrived wearing jogging
shorts and running shoes. no surprise after what
his doctor recently shared with him.
3
Graphic PLC Receives
Training Awards
The awards recognise ex-
ceptional training and
development in organ-
isations across the south
West; celebrating com-
panies that develop their
staff through training and
have as a result seen ex-
ceptional business success.
4
TTM Technologies Reports
Sales Growth in Q4 and
FY 2015
"our solid fourth
quarter execution
combined with sea-
sonal growth in the
cellular phone end
market and robust
demand in the au-
tomotive and aero-
space and defense
end markets drove
our sequential increases in gross margin, operat-
ing profit and strong free cash flow generation,"
said Tom Edman, CEo of TTM.
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