Browse Grundy, Peter

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Title	Date	Words
Survival of the fittest? On the permanent hunting for efficiency.	Jun 1, 2009	917
A call for co-ops: who needs apprenticeships? We do.	Mar 1, 2009	1164
The role of industry; To move forward, do we need to return to the past?	Sep 1, 2008	1147
Evolution or revolution? Like the equipment itself, trade shows follow a development curve.	Jan 1, 2008	729
Value for money? Methods for dispassionately narrowing your supplier list.	Nov 1, 2007	1258
Use them or lose them: the overlooked--and often untapped--benefits of user groups.	Sep 1, 2007	894
The methodologies of NPI: companies that integrate NPI into their routines see less disruption and achieve faster time-to-market.	May 1, 2007	594
The economies (or not) of packaging: common sense dictates it's time we disposed of the oversized box.	Jan 1, 2007	998
Getting what you ordered: user requirement specifications help ensure what you buy is what you want.	Nov 1, 2006	1089
Waste opportunities: the world's high volumes of trash are the real mandate for RoHS and WEEE.	Sep 1, 2006	1262
Whither analytical x-ray: from RoHS to BGAs, the technology fills an inspection void.	May 1, 2006	1240
Will your product survive in the field? HALT and HASS testing are not just for aerospace electronics anymore.	Mar 1, 2006	1371
Design for concept time: next-generation testers perform most of the heavy lifting at the wafer level.	Nov 1, 2005	1483
Design for dismantling: inspired by WEEE, the newest trend is to design products to be taken apart.	Sep 1, 2005	853
Parts and parcels: the case is growing for embedding passive devices.	Jul 1, 2005	1044
The price of efficiency: a modest proposal for cleaning up the Kyoto mess.	May 1, 2005	784
An alternative to cheap labor: low-cost regions play a major role, but they do not have all the answers.	Mar 1, 2005	1270
Traceability's impact on manufacturing: knowing what went wrong and where could save money in future designs.	Jan 1, 2005	630
High tech's impact on best practice manufacturing: high technology will not solve a manufacturer's design problems and should only be used with full knowledge of its implications.	Feb 1, 2003	3385