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48 SMT007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2023 Editor's note: Indium Corporation's Ron Lasky continues this series of columns about Maggie Benson, a fictional character, to demonstrate continuous improvement and education in SMT assembly. Andy Connors never remembered being so nervous. He'd hardly slept a wink and now that his bedroom clock showed it was 6 a.m., he knew he might as well get up. Aer taking a The Tale of the Cost-Estimate Problem shower, he ate a light breakfast and headed out to pick up Sue. e reason for his nervousness? He and Sue, his fiancée, were going to "help" distinguished Ivy University Professor Patty Coleman with a cost-estimating problem. He certainly didn't feel qualified to accomplish this task. "Hi, sweetie," Andy said as he greeted Sue. "I am so nervous," she said. "Me too," he responded. Maggie Benson's Journey by Dr. Ronald C. Lasky, INDIUM CORPORATION