FEATURES

• Cover Story
  Fat Results for Lean Times
  How Solectron's Lean program improved productivity, yield and lead times at its high-volume facility in Guadalajara.
  Ajay Agarwal

• Lean Principles
  Customer Value through Employee Satisfaction
  The success of Lean initiatives hinges on the creativity of those who implement and maintain them.
  Robert J. Hemmant

• EPIC Technologies
  Lean Principles in EMS
  A case study of a mid-size firm's foray into Lean.
  Jochen Lipp and Wally Johnson

• Advances in Testing
  Cutting Test Times
  As users look for simple, easy (and economical) solutions that can be run by novices, next-generation testers are designing complexity out.
  Marty Leeke

FIRST PERSON

• Caveat Lector
  An old threat returns.
  Mike Buetow

• Talking Heads
  KIC's Bjorn Dahle
  Mike Buetow

MONEY MATTERS

• Focus on Business
  Strong OEM-EMS relationships begin during the sales process.
  Susan Mucha

• Global Sourcing
  Selecting an EMS partner.
  Mark Zetter

TECH TALK

• On the Forefront
  China takes on the world.
  E. Jan Vardaman

• Screen Printing
  The underappreciated impact of new alloys.
  Clive Ashmore

• Better Manufacturing
  Low-cost regions play a major role, but they don't have all the answers.
  Peter Grundy

• Optoelectronics Assembly
  Advancement requires collaboration.
  Michael Shores

• Countdown to Pb-Free
  Compatibility issues of lead-free pastes.
  Dr. Carol Handwerker

• Test and Inspection
  Severe process changes mean more defects - and more testing.
  Stig Oresjo

• ESD Basics
  The hidden costs of ESD.
  ESD Association

• Equipment Advances
  Speedline's MPM Accela
  Robert W. Boyes

• Process Doctor
  Clean that chamber!
  Terry Munson

• Technical Abstracts

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On the cover: Three EMS firms tell how they implemented Lean manufacturing. (© UP Media Group)