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4. Forging Partnerships Through
Adversity and Problem Solving
October 2018
For the past few months, this column has dis-
cussed how to find and work with a great PCB
vendor, and most importantly, how to form a
strong, productive partnership. is month,
Anaya Vardya will address how adversity can
forge a great partnership between you and
your PCB vendor that will last for life.
5. Working Through Shortages
August 2021
As result of the pandemic, severe shortages—
both real and created—from our offshore ven-
dors is making it difficult for us to build and
deliver products on time. Here are five tips for
getting through this together.
6. Working for the
Future—Partnering With
PCB Vendors on Innovative
Technology
September 2018
e true test of the vendor-
customer relationship comes
when you need innovative
PCBs—boards that are not eas-
ily found in the common mar-
ketplace and are so technologi-
cally advanced that they require
your designers and suppliers to
work together to go where nei-
ther has gone before.
2. Partnership is a Team Effort
December 2021
e best way to develop and implement
a true ongoing and productive partnership
with your vendor-partners is to make it a full
team effort. Each company's partnership team
should have members from each of the com-
pany's departments. For example, the vendor's
team should have someone from the shipping
department coordinating with someone from
your receiving department. e same with
engineering, quality, and operations. is
coordination should be at all levels from the
top down.
3. From Adversaries to Collaborators—
Let's Do This Together
April 2022
Because of the results of the pandemic, we
are experiencing shortages like we have never
faced in our lifetime. erefore, it is more
important than ever that we all work together—
and I really do mean all of us. ose of us who
fabricate PCBs must open our minds and doors
to the idea of working together. Where for so
many years we competed to the point of treat-
ing one another as adversaries, we now must
come together to form a cohesive partnership.
