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Manufacturing Outsourcing: Seven Common Pitfalls to Avoid
This paper, authored by Symphony Consulting and Arena Solutions, provides useful guidelines and best practices related to outsourcing your manufacturing. We include it here as recommended reading.
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China: Solving the Quality Dilemma
This article published in SMT Magazine, January 2008, expresses a view on how ensure quality when outsourcing electronics manufacturing to china. The view expressed matches OCM Manufacturing's view and describes a model similar to the one OCM uses in its Chinese outsourcing activities.
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SMEA Fiducial Mark Standard 3.1
This SMEMA standard is for fiducial marks. It was developed to facilitate the accurate placement of components on printed circuit boards.
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IPC-SMEMA-9851: Mechanical Equipment Interface Standard
The purpose of this standard is to provide an equipment interface specification for board transfer manufacturing systems of surface-mounted printed circuit boards. This specification provides the minimum requirement that conveyor-to-conveyor equipment shall meet, and does not represent a complete specification for the equipment’s interface.
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IPC's Guidelines for Selecting an EMS Vendor
Strategic outsourcing, as a critical business process, demands that companies identify their core competencies, and then determine to whom they should outsource non-core competencies. The organization, IPC, developed this paper which outlines steps for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to consider when selecting an EMS provider.
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Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) - the EU Directive
Every producer of electronics-based products must be aware of the RoHS directive and its impact on their business. OCM Manufacturing is abreast of these impacts, as part of its proactive lead-free program. You can download the full text of the directive here. You may also enjoy our short paper on the topic.
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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) - the EU Directive
Every producer of electronics-based products must be aware of the WEEE directive and its impact on their business. OCM Manufacturing is abreast of these impacts, as part of its proactive lead-free program. You can download the full text of the directive here.
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Innovators Alliance Membership Brochure
 Information about joining the Innovators Alliance. OCM's President, Dr. Michel Jullian, is on the alliance's board of directors.
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The payback of recuding waste
Article about OCM's paperless operation published in the Ontario Government "Think green" Leading Growth Firm Series Report 17, Spring 2009.
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