Everything PCBA manufacturers need to know about lean manufacturing

New column in collaboration with iConnect007 Industry Internet of Things (IIoT) is the hot buzzword in Industry 4.0, but managers…

ODB++Process and Coping with Supply Chain Uncertainty

As the electronics manufacturing sector struggles to rebound from the Coronavirus pandemic and its effect on vulnerable global supply chains,…

Children and the digital world

Coronavirus Impacts on the Electronics Industry: Playing “Hot Potato” in Manufacturing

In the children’s game of Hot Potato, a “hot potato” is passed from one person to another, until the music…

Digitalizing electronics manufacturing

Why Electronics Manufacturers Struggle to Meet Today’s Market Demands

Electronics is evolving every day and expanding into every industry, driving manufacturers to figure out how they can overcome challenges…

Counterfeit components traceability

A new level of component traceability: Fighting malicious code and counterfeit components

Co-authored by: Dr. Eyal Weiss, Zeev Efrat (Cybord), Tovi Yadin (Valor, Siemens) The electronic manufacturing shop floor collects traceability data…

Coronavirus interrupts 2020 electronics industry

First post in the series: Coronavirus impacts on the Electronics Industry

We interrupt this regularly scheduled program… Just over two months ago, we were reading forecasts of 4% to 7% compound…

Factory Planning

Plan to plan on planning effectively

In order to stay competitive in the digitalization age of manufacturing, design organizations of complex products must author, analyze, and…

Valor Configuration tool

New Valor Configuration Tool – advancing service excellence

The Valor Configuration Tool is a new, internal tool that helps to increase the certainty of success of your electronics…

Enter the decade of “Smart the Gathering”

Welcome to the year 2020 and the start of a new decade.  The title plays on the name of the…

Beyond Industry 4.0: Industry event in Sweden

How to Transform a Buzz-word into Manufacturing Excellence in Electronics According to google, the term “industry 4.0” is 4 times…