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Effective material management has become increasingly critical as PCB assembly operations face mounting pressure to improve efficiency, control costs, and maintain quality in complex manufacturing environments. To help electronics manufacturers navigate these challenges, Cogiscan has contributed two complementary white papers to the I-Connect007 Industry Resource Center, offering practical strategies for improving material visibility, traceability, and production performance.

Standard of Excellence: Building Excellence From the Inside Out

May 27, 2026 | Anaya Vardya, 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.

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There’s a dangerous misconception among engineers who still think ceramic circuits are just a little tougher version of a PCB, a little better at handling heat, and a premium option when FR-4 starts to struggle. That thinking will...

There was a time when you could tell where a product was from by how it felt, fit, or functioned: German precision, Japanese consistency, or American durability. Today, the lines are blurred. The best factories in Vietnam rival those...

Knocking Down the Bone Pile: Precision Milling of Underfilled SMT Components

May 13, 2026 | Nash Bell, Knocking Down the Bone Pile

Underfill is a polymeric material used to fill the gap between a printed circuit board and the underside of surface-mount area-array packages such as BGA, QFP, and QFN devices, thereby surrounding and protecting the solder...

Learning with Leo: Drones—Meeting Demand Without Compromise

May 6, 2026 | Leo Lambert, Learning With Leo

With drones used in a wide range of applications today, particularly in modern military conflicts, domestic manufacturers are feeling pressure to produce at high volume and low cost, particularly within an NDAA supply chain ecosystem...

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