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October 9, 2024 | I-Connect007Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Meet The Author: The Rapidly Evolving Role of Data in North American EMS.
In the first episode of our Meet the Author podcast series, SMT007 Magazine’s Nolan Johnson hosts Julie Cliche-Dubois, product manager at Cogiscan, and Andres Luna, general manager at Univertools, who represents Cogiscan in Mexico. Julie is the author of the recently published book, "The Printed Circuit Assembler's Guide to... Factory Analytics.” In this episode, the group discusses the evolving role of data analytics, with an eye toward how analytics is driving meaningful action throughout the electronics manufacturing industry in Mexico and the rest of the Americas.
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