Nancy Jaster is the manager of design process at IPC—and she has every right to be. As part of the technical staff team, she works directly with many IPC standards committees to support the industry, particularly those related to DFM and DFX guidelines, as well as those involved in data transfer. With 28 years’ experience in the industry—10 years in manufacturing and 18 years in design—she understands clearly what people need on the factory floor.
In an interview with I-Connect007, she discusses the latest developments in the Connected Factory Initiative (CFX), the machine data interface standard that would enable manufacturers, equipment, device and software suppliers to achieve Industry 4.0 benefits, and CFX demos at IPC APEX EXPO 2018.
To read the full version of this article which appeared in the January 2018 issue of The PCB007 Magazine, click here.