Articles from Circuits Assembly (March 1, 2005)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
"Sierra Proto Express presents tomorrow's technology-today!" Tired of endless evolution? Are you ready for a real revolution?		Advertisement	1266
An alternative to cheap labor: low-cost regions play a major role, but they do not have all the answers.	Grundy, Peter		1270
Analyst terms EMS outlook 'cautious'.	Buetow, Mike		226
Are Chinese workers 'waging' a pay war?	Buetow, Mike		266
Benchmark expands (again) in Asia.	Buetow, Mike		92
Building OEM-EMS relationships: the strongest relationships begin during the sales process and involve the EMS provider and OEM.	Mucha, Susan		1092
Compact dispense valve.			80
Consumer goods peaking.			102
Customer value through employee satisfaction: the success of Lean initiatives hinges on the creativity of those who implement and maintain them.	Hemmant, Robert J.		418
Cutting test times: built to be run by novices, next-generation testers are designing complexity out.	Leeke, Marty		478
EMS, ODMs to grow 15% AGR through 2009.			116
Environmental chamber cleanliness is critical: the right cleaning protocol can eliminate false failures.	Munson, Terry		1230
EPIC completes buy of 2 Siemens EMS plants.	Buetow, Mike		103
Fat results for Lean times: how Solectron's Lean program increased productivity 13% and cut lead times 68%.	Agarwal, Ajay		1605
Flextronics enjoys record quarter.	Buetow, Mike		201
In case you missed it.			660
Kemet alleges AVX infringement, CEO quits.	Buetow, Mike		115
KIC: cooking up recipes.	Buetow, Mike		831
Kyocera bolts for Mexico.	Buetow, Mike		234
Lean principles in EMS: a case study of a mid-size firm's foray into Lean.	Johnson, Wally		451
Manufacturing hot spots 2005: yes, China is still aflame. But the fires are heating elsewhere, too.	Vardaman, E. Jan		1101
More restructuring for Sanmina-SCI.	Buetow, Mike		110
Nam Tai adding 1000 workers in Shenzhen.	Buetow, Mike		286
Optoelectronics' technology roadmap: it's time to map out a more competitive strategy--together.	Shores, Michael C.		592
Overcoming lower wetting forces of Pb-free alloys: severe process changes mean more defects--and call for greater test measures.	Oresjo, Stig		567
Production ends 3-month lag.			204
Programmable RGB LED chip.			80
Report: cost containment, lean top 2005 initiatives.	Buetow, Mike		140
Selecting electronics outsourcing partners: late (or unreturned) phone calls are a plain sign to steer clear.	Zetter, Mark		746
Speedline's MPM Accela: the new stencil printer platform maximizes parallel processing.	Boyes, Robert W.		587
The Asian invasion.	Buetow, Mike		816
Transitioning to Pb-free assemblies: convergence on a single lead-free alloy means studying compatibility (backward and forward), and materials and process development.	Handwerker, Carol		558
UPMG adds sales, circulation staff.	Buetow, Mike		124
What does ESD really cost? Would you believe 4 to 8% of revenues are wasted each year?			713
Will your printing process be affected by Pb-free? Paste properties of lead-free solder alloys differ considerably from tin-lead.	Ashmore, Clive		698
Winning defense.			173