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Standard of Excellence: Building Excellence From the Inside Out

05/27/2026 | Anaya Vardya -- Column: Standard of Excellence
You can’t have a world-class product without a world-class mindset. Every layer, lot, and customer success begins long before a board hits the lamination press or the AOI line. It begins with how people think, care, and take ownership of their work. Culture, in the truest sense, is process control. It governs consistency, integrity, and pride as surely as SPC charts and traveler sheets. If the culture isn’t right, neither will the product be.

Don't Buy AI, Learn It: A Fabricator's Guide to Getting Started, Part 1

05/27/2026 | Sean Patterson, CrossGen AI
The first hard truth about AI in PCB fabrication is that you can buy software, but you cannot buy capability. You can sign a contract, schedule demos, put a few logos on a slide, and tell your team you now have an AI strategy. Plenty of companies are doing some version of that right now. But if the people in your plant do not know how to use AI in real work, then your purchase was more akin to buying a gym membership and never going. (Don’t take that as criticism; it’s just how it works.)

Omega EMS Going Where the Growth Is

05/19/2026 | Nolan Johnson, SMT007 Magazine
When you start with a well-proven management team and a chance to start from scratch, it doesn’t take long to get well established. Omega EMS CEO Chris Alessio discusses the company's rapid 10-year growth from startup to an international electronics manufacturing organization. We find out what makes things click so well.

Defense Speak Interpreted: Understanding What the Department of Defense Is, and Isn’t

05/12/2026 | Dennis Fritz -- Column: Defense Speak Interpreted
I frequently hear the expression, “Why can’t the Department of Defense … .” Most recently, I heard it in reference to the Artemis splash-down after the launch around the moon. I realized there is some misunderstanding about which military or space activities are controlled by the Department of Defense (DoD) and which are not. Defense is a huge organization with many activities, but there are several differences with non-Defense organizations that are worth pointing out.

It’s Only Common Sense: The Phone Is Still Your Competitive Advantage

05/04/2026 | Dan Beaulieu -- Column: It's Only Common Sense
I know this is about the millionth column that I’ve written on this subject, but salespeople still aren’t getting it. Let’s stop pretending that the phone stopped working. You just stopped using it. Salespeople have convinced themselves that email is efficient, LinkedIn messages are strategic, and that marketing automation is scale. Yes, maybe, but none of that replaces a real conversation. The phone, it turns out, may be your unfair advantage.