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4 The PCB Magazine • March 2016 In this highly competitive industry of ours, where material costs squeeze from one side, and customers squeeze from the other, what is the answer to increasing profits? This month, our contributors offer strategies that we think will both surprise and enlighten! March 2016 Featured Content Strategies for Increasing Profits Increasing Profits by Minimizing Inspection by Steve Williams The Four New Agreements to Explode Profitability by Dave Dibble PCB Sourcing? One Size Does Not Fit All by Tara Dunn Lean Manufacturing and NPIP for Flexible Circuits by Dave Becker Cost Saving Tips for PCB Fabrication by Akber Roy Stepping Up to Laser Processing for Flex, Part 2: Calculating and Optimizing Production by Mike Jennings and Patrick Riechel 12 18 36 40 44 50 18 40 44 12 50