86 The PCB Magazine • May 2016
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Happy's Essential Skills:
Failure Modes and Effects
Analysis (FMEA)
Failure modes and effects
analysis (FmEA) is a system-
atic process to evaluate fail-
ure modes and causes asso-
ciated with the design and
manufacturing processes of
a new product. It is some-
what similar to the poten-
tial problem analysis (PPA)
phase of the Kepner-Tregoe program.
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Walt Custer Elaborates on
his Annual IPC APEX EXPO
Forecast Presentation
IPC APEx ExPo 2016
has come and gone,
and this year, Walt
Custer's annual pre-
sentation forecasting
the upcoming year
for the industry was
much anticipated, as
always. I met up with
Walt at the show to learn about his presentation
and dig deeper into his findings.
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IPC President John Mitchell
on the Past, Present, and
Future, Part 1
We conducted this in-
terview with IPC Presi-
dent John mitchell on
the show floor at IPC
APEx ExPo to discuss
the event, the changes
on the IPC board, and
the key metrics that IPC
uses to measure their
own performance and
effectiveness. John also invites the industry to a
unique challenge.
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American Standard Appoints
Dave Olson Vice President
of Operations
Anaya Vardya, CEo
of American Stan-
dard Circuits, an-
nounced the ap-
pointment of indus-
try veteran Dave
olson to the position
of Vice President of
operations.
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