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10 The PCB Magazine • August 2015 pAtty's perspeCtive Patricia Goldman is a 30+ year veteran of the PcB industry, with experience in a variety of areas, including r&D of imaging tech- nologies, wet process engineering, and sales and marketing of PWB chemistry. She has worked actively with iPc since 1981 and served as Taec chairman, and is also the co-author of numerous technical papers. To contact goldman, click here. This Month's Line-Up As you'll learn in Dave Dibble's article, the problems and concerns were the same for ev- erybody. Dave not only analyzes the survey re- sults but provides answers to the top four areas of concern using his systems approach. Much to learn here! Next, we have Steve Williams interview- ing operations and supply expert Fane Friberg. Together, they discuss how important driving supplier improvement is to driving product improvement. And lest you think they mean raw materials suppliers—no, they mean you; no matter who you are, you are both supplier and producer (think about it). It's not all dis - cussion; there is plenty of basic, how-to info included, too. For our engineering folks, we have an ex- cellent article from Stan Heltzel at the Euro- pean Space Agency that was first presented at IPC APEX EXPO 2015. Heltzel discusses circuit failure in high-reliability PCBs in detail. This highly technical paper presents good evidence and reasoning for the need to improve not only our processes but also our industry specifica- tions, in order to keep abreast of current high- rel requirements. Bob Tarzwell then gives a great mini-trou- bleshooting guide for the copper plating pro- cess. There is nothing like a detailed refresher to get one out on the line and asking, "Why do we do that?" or "Why don't we do that?" Rounding it out is our Flex Talk columnist Tara Dunn with a somewhat international view- point. She discusses the ins and outs and pit- falls of transitioning from a domestic prototype to offshore production, highlighting consider- ations such as supplier selection and potential material variation. As I mentioned earlier, all three of our Au- gust issues have the same "War on Failure" fo- cus, so don't forget to check out the other two. Or better yet, subscribe and they'll come right to your inbox each month. It's always good to see what the other parts of our industry are reading and thinking! See you next month, when we take a look under the hood at "Cars: A Driving Force in the Electronics Industry." PCB THE WAR oN PRoCESS FAILURE continues Table 1.