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BOM Inventory Management: Staying Up to Date to Stay Ahead

This component availability problem can be traced back to several reasons. In some cases, it is due to inadequate planning, while others are due to CAD library management issues that designers need to understand better. Here we will examine these potential problem areas and some good PCB design BOM inventory management practices.

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How Chip Shortages Impact Supply Chain Resiliency

The chip shortage and the global supply chain problems are big news these days, but do you realize how much the chip shortages impact supply chain resiliency? When one semiconductor chip is unavailable, it affects the next chip in line like dominos. Similarly, this process continues until an entire row of semiconductors is knocked over. Let’s look at this problem, its results, and how original equipment manufacturers guard against these problems to protect the production of their valuable electronics.

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Benefits of Using PCB Assembly Services in the Bay Area

Together, Silicon Valley’s diverse companies provide over 600,000 technology jobs, with many focused on developing new and innovative electronics. The designers in these companies rely on PCB contract manufacturers that can build their circuit boards and related hardware quickly and to their exact specifications for the highest quality. Here we’ll look at the benefits that PCB assembly services in the Bay Area provide and how an experienced PCB contract manufacturer can help develop your next electronics project.

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Low-Cost PCB Manufacturing Will Cost You More

Many additional and essential production benefits aren’t available with low-cost PCB manufacturing. Without these benefits, design teams will end up spending more money in the long run. Here we will look at how working with bargain manufacturers can cost more and how the benefits of an established PCB contract manufacturer can save time and expense.

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