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- SigmaTron Source Q1 2019
The latest issue of SigmaTron International’s newsletter the Source is now available. This quarter’s issue includes news about continuing investment in equipment in China, an upgrade to our Tango MES that ... read more - SigmaTron Source Q4 2018This quarter’s issue of the SigmaTron Source discusses ways our Design Services tea
m helps fill gaps in customer design teams. We also look at our Tijuana’s facility’s processes and equipment investments to ... read more
Articles
- The Benefits of Poka Yoke
In a perfect world, manufacturing process setup should eliminate the potential for mistakes. In practice, however, process complexity and the impact of system variation makes that impossible. Consequently, organizations committed to the efficiencies of ... read more - Designing For Lean ProductionLe
an manufacturing emphasizes minimizing variation and eliminating waste and inefficiency. Not surprisingly, a Lean approach to design does the same thing. Much of the focus on ... read more - Lean Manufacturing and DFM
SigmaTron International’s engineering and manufacturing engineering teams work closely with its customer base and production facilities on design for manufacturability (DFM) recommendations that eliminate waste opportunities, while improving ... read more - Line Balancing Inline FCT Test
Hom-Ming Chang SigmaTron International’s Vice President, China Operations has published an article on line balancing inline functional test in the March 2018 issue of Circuits Assembly: A paced assembly line with inline functional test balanced ... read more - APQP and Lean Manufacturing
Fernando Ruiz, Quality Manager at SigmaTron International’s facility in Tijuana, Mexico has just published an article in Circuits Assembly discussing the use of APQP techniques in improving throughput in automotive electronics manufacturing. ... read more - Eliminating Waste in Medical Box Build Production
- Flex Circuit Assembly
- Leaning Low-to-Medium-Volume High-Level Assembly Processes
Jim Barnes, SigmaTron International’s VP of Operations in its Elk Grove Village, IL facility, recently discussed the benefits of applying Lean philosophy to low-to-medium high-level assembly processes in Circuits Assembly magazine. Read the full ... read more - The EMS-OEM Communication Feedback Loop
One area not much discussed in Lean manufacturing articles is communications with customers and its role in minimizing defect opportunities, overproduction, excess inventory and excess transport. That it isn’t talked about as widely as other ... read more - LED Assembly and Lean Manufacturing
Manufacturers of printed circuit board assemblies, in general, have been experiencing relatively high first-pass yield infant mortality rates due to the nature of smaller LED component design and manufacturing itself. These are very ... read more
SigmaTron International’s Union City Manufacturing Manager, Sonny Krishna, has published an article in Circuits Assembly titled Lean and Cellular Manufacturing. You can view the full article 
SigmaTron International’s VP of Engineering Yousef Heidari recently discussed critical success factors in flex circuit assembly with SMT Magazine. Read the article Events
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- 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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