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6 SMT007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2024 COLUMN The Changing EMS Landscape by Nolan Johnson INTERVIEW Solving Problems and Validating Excellence with Randy Cherry HIGHLIGHTS MilAero007 SMT007 Top Ten DEPARTMENTS Career Opportunities Educational Resources Advertiser Index & Masthead SHORTS Standard of Excellence: Collaboration— The Right Path to Innovation New IPC Europe Report, Advocacy Campaign New Super-pure Silicon Chip Opens Audio Interview: Leveraging AI and Advanced Inspection Technologies A Flexible and Effiecient DC Power Converter for Sustainable-energy Microgrids 8 54 60 68 71 78 79 38 44 50 52 66 JUNE 2024 • ADDITIONAL CONTENT 8 54 52

• SMT007 Magazine — June 2024
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• Column — The Changing EMS Landscape
• Feature Article — Has It Really Been Survival Mode?
• Feature Interview — Where Is the China Business Going?
• Feature Article — Effectively Using Dashboards at Ascentron
• Short — Standard of Excellence: Collaboration—The Right Path to Innovation
• Feature Q&A with Chris Mitchell — Governments Struggling With 'Silicon-to-Systems Approach'
• Short — New IPC Europe Report, Advocacy Campaign
• Feature Column — The Difference Between Critical and Distracting Decision-making
• Short — New Super-pure Silicon Chip Opens
• Audio Interview with Brad Ward — Leveraging AI and Advanced Inspection Technologies
• Interview — Solving Problems and Validating Excellence
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Feature Column — Diversifying PCB Manufacturing Through Nearshoring
• Short — A Flexible and Efficient DC Power Converter for Sustainable-energy Microgrids
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• Career Opportunities
• Educational Resources
• Advertiser Index and Masthead
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