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December 2, 2019 | IPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute
In order to optimize processes and profitability, an effective business leader needs to carefully select the right areas for improvement and follow the best implementation path. Covering today’s most pressing challenges in manufacturing and the strategies to mitigate those challenges, senior-level decision makers from international EMS companies will engage in peer-to-peer discussion on opportunities to optimize efficiency, effectiveness and profitability at the EMS Executive Management Meeting on February 3, 2020 at IPC APEX EXPO 2020.
Attendees will learn the latest on EMS industry trends and issues, including intelligent manufacturing, tariffs, military spending, lean manufacturing, predictive maintenance, employee engagement, semi-additive processing, cybersecurity, and more.
Noted industry experts from Siemens, John Deere, Aegis Software, Tempo Automation, DOX, MRA, and more will share how they are addressing industry’s toughest challenges.
“The purpose of the EMS Executive Management meeting is to give executives and senior-level decision makers the opportunity to gain new insight and learn firsthand how peers are achieving their goals and strengthening their organizations to ensure growth,” said Mark Wolfe, IPC EMS Management Council Chair, John Deere Electronic Solutions.
To register for the EMS Executive Management meeting, or for more information on all the activities taking place at IPC APEX EXPO, including the technical conference, standards development meetings, professional development courses, and the largest exhibition in North America for printed board design and manufacturing, electronics assembly and test, visit www.ipcapexexpo.org.
About IPC
IPC (www.IPC.org) is a global industry association based in Bannockburn, Ill., dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its 5,700 member-company sites which represent all facets of the electronics industry, including design, printed board manufacturing, electronics assembly and test. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $2 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, N.M.; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, Ga.; Brussels, Belgium; Stockholm, Sweden; Moscow, Russia; Bangalore and New Delhi, India; Bangkok, Thailand; and Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Suzhou and Beijing, China.
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