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- SigmaTron Source Q3 2021This quarter’s issue looks at the successes of the Tijuana facility’s Lean Six Sigma Program and their new continuous improvement database app. SigmaTron’s strategy for providing regional configure-to-order support for industries with specialized requirements is also discussed. Read the full issue here. ... read more
- SigmaTron Source Q2 2021This quarter’s issue of the SigmaTron Source discusses ways that the SigmaTron Supply Chain Management team’s roles are changing to better adapt to today’s challenging materials market. The Elk Grove Village facility has added flying probe test capability and the Tijuana, Mexico facility has concluded a very successful ... read more
- SigmaTron Source Q1 2021
- Materials Environment Drives New Challenges
Any supply-chain management executive will likely tell you that 2021 is 2020 on steroids. Reason: While 2020 had supply-chain disruption, the worst part of that disruption was followed by drops in ... read more - A Look at Trends in the EMS Industry
The COVID-19 pandemic is fostering more cohesive relationships between EMS providers and their customers. This Medical Product Outsourcing magazine article looks at some of the challenges created by this global pandemic and ways that ... read more - Improving Engineering Efficiency
SigmaTron International has adopted a hybrid DFM process that uses software automation to speed basic analysis, followed by an engineering review. This E-DFM software tool reduces the time it takes to create ... read more - SigmaTron Source Q4 2020This quarter’s issue discusses the process for virtual customer audits, receipt of QAN/QAR certification for a product in the Elk Grove Village facility and some of the Lean manufacturing articles that SigmaTron’s team has published in Circuits Assembly magazine. The Tijuana, Mexico facility’s life changing wellness program is also covered. ... read more
- Product Development and the 7 Wastes
Decisions made in product design can impact assembly cost, defect opportunities and inventory cost. While design for manufacturability (DfM) analysis can eliminate many issues, less commonly analyzed decisions related ... read more - SigmaTron Source Q3 2020This quarter’s SigmaTron Source newsletter looks at a new software tool that automates the design for manufacturability (DFM) analysis process and discusses the Elk Grove Village, IL facility’s recent ATEX/IECEx Audit for products used in potentially explosive environments. Accomplishments related to Lean Six Sigma in the Tijuana, Mexico facility ... read more
- SigmaTron Source Q2 2020
This quarter’s SigmaTron Source newsletter looks at ways that SigmaTron’s IT systems have facilitated an efficient response to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and investments that have recently ... read more
Articles
- Lean Six Sigma Tools and Agility
The electronics manufacturing community is facing unprecedented challenges in 2021. Component supply and product demand are completely out of sync in many industries. Material constraints and transportation shortages are stretching ... read more - Reducing Time and Cost in TestThe mantra of the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry has been faster, better, cheaper for four decades, given that outsourcing isn’t justifiable without a speed, quality or cost improvement over in-house processes. Continually delivering those benefits requires a focus on working smarter that relentlessly asks, “Where can we improve?” ... read more
- What Works Best in Attracting New Employees?
Material constraints combined with unanticipated spikes in demand and shortages in transportation capacity apparently aren’t enough of an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) management challenge for 2021. Labor shortages are also an issue, ... read more - Facilitating Continuous Improvement with a Customized App
A key tenet of Lean manufacturing is to reduce variation through process standardization and control. To that end, most companies develop a control plan and monitor various steps of the process. ... read more - Materials Environment Drives New Challenges Any supply-chain management executive will likely tell you that 2021 is 2020 on steroids. Reason: While 2020 had supply-chain disruption, the worst part of that disruption was followed by drops in ... read more
- A Look at Trends in the EMS Industry The COVID-19 pandemic is fostering more cohesive relationships between EMS providers and their customers. This Medical Product Outsourcing magazine article looks at some of the challenges created by this global pandemic and ways that ... read more
- Improving Engineering Efficiency SigmaTron International has adopted a hybrid DFM process that uses software automation to speed basic analysis, followed by an engineering review. This E-DFM software tool reduces the time it takes to create ... read more
- Product Development and the 7 Wastes Decisions made in product design can impact assembly cost, defect opportunities and inventory cost. While design for manufacturability (DfM) analysis can eliminate many issues, less commonly analyzed decisions related ... read more
- Lean Poka-Yoke and IT Tools
One continuing trend in electronics manufacturing services is the increasing role IT-related solutions have in supporting a Lean manufacturing-driven organizational culture. This is particularly true of proprietary solutions that automate processes ... read more - Navigating COVID-19 Related Supply Chain Challenges
Supply-chain disruption and Lean philosophy rarely go hand-in-hand. In some cases, however, systems created to support Lean manufacturing or the principles themselves help mitigate the chaos the pandemic has created in the global ... read more
Events
- Visit SigmaTron in Booth 1895 at MDM West 2020
- Network with SigmaTron International’s Team at the MPO Summit Oct 3-4
SigmaTron International is a Silver Sponsor of the MPO Summit, which this year, will be held across the Bay from SigmaTron’s northern California manufacturing facility. Learn more about this upcoming conference at MPO Summit and ... read more - Visit SigmaTron International at MD&M West
- Visit SigmaTron at MDM West 2018
- Visit SigmaTron at MDM West in Booth 550SigmaTron International will be exhibiting at MDM West. Use our promo code “INVITE” to save 20% off Conference Passes, or claim a complimentary Expo Pass, at www.mdmwest.com/invite.
... read more - Visit SigmaTron International At MDM WestSigmaTron International will be exhibiting in Booth 550 at MDM West in Anaheim, CA on Feb. 9-11. In addition to discussing ways we can support your company at all stages of the product lifecycle through our global network, you can enter our drawing for a Petzi Treat Camera, an innovative product that lets you interact ... read more
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