102 SMT Magazine • September 2017
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IPC Committee Selects
Communication Transport
Protocol for Connected
Factory Initiative
The IPC 2-17 Subcommit-
tee has voted to use the Ad-
vanced Message Queuing
Protocol (AMQP) as the trans-
port protocol for machine to
machine communication as
part of the Connected Facto-
ry Initiative (CFX).
2
How Much of My Electronics
Manufacturing Should I
Outsource?
Once you have de-
cided to outsource
to an EMS partner,
you need to think
about how much of
your existing opera-
tion you plan to re-
linquish.
3
IPC Invites Members to
Join European Standards
Steering Committee
As the development
of IPC standards in
Europe continues to
grow, IPC is reaching
out to the European
electronics industry
and IPC members to join the IPC European Stan-
dards Steering Committee.
4
4 Ways Your EMS Partner
Can Respond to Supply
Chain Disruption
Electronic component
supply chain disruptions
are painful. Lead-times
can extend overnight,
prices can treble, and
in some cases, parts are
placed on allocation or
discontinued altogether.
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