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Cause and Defect: How the Manufacturing Operations Dashboard Revolutionizes Root Cause Analysis
The Manufacturing Operations Dashboard Revolution Picture this: You’re an operations leader in the electronics manufacturing industry, and you&# ...
The future of automated optical inspection systems
AOI or automated optical inspection systems were first developed in the early 1990s at a time when electronics manufacturing was ...
Finding and fixing glue and adhesives issues with Instrumental
In product development, glues and other adhesives represent the great solution to, and often source of, many manufacturing problems. ...
Finding and fixing connector issues with Instrumental
Connector issues are a common problem for hardware engineering teams. Too often, these issues are found during functional tests late ...
Failure Analysis Methods for Product Design Engineers: Key Questions and Corrective Actions (Part 3)
In part 1 and part 2 of this failure analysis series, we discussed where failures come from and what tools ...
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Instrumental Joins Siemens Dynamo Program and will complement Siemens’ Teamcenter Quality offering with AI Capabilities
Palo Alto, CA, May 25th, 2023 – Instrumental, the leading AI-powered manufacturing quality platform, is excited to announce its official ...
Instrumental Surpasses Three Billion Manufacturing Data Points Processed
MARCH 2023 Instrumental is excited to announce that our technology has recently surpassed over three billion data points processed for ...
Instrumental CEO Featured in CNBC Story
CNBC features Instrumental CEO Anna-Katrina Shedletsky as they explore the reasons why U.S. manufacturers offshore smartphone production to China. ...
Teardowns
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Change Notice: MacBook Air M2 Teardown
The team for the MacBook Air M2 teardown included ex-Apple PDE Tobias Harrison-Noonan, ex-Apple PDE Will Greenbaum, and Product Design ...
Change Notice: We opened the Xbox Series X to see how cool it is
Originally released in November 2001, Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console was the company’s answer to fierce competition from the Sony Playstation ...
Change Notice: We opened the Sonos Roam alongside its lead designer
The first boomboxes were introduced in the 70s unlocking the ability to share your music with friends outside. As we ...
Webinars & Videos
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The 2022 State of Mass Production in Electronics Manufacturing
In a recent survey, Instrumental asked more than 300 engineering and operations leaders in electronics manufacturing to share their experience ...
Shortening development timelines with better adhesion materials and technology
A technical discussion on the most successful adhesion best practices and techniques for electronics manufacturing. ...
Webinar | The State Of New Product Introductions
How antiquated NPI workflows put a $1 trillion market at risk in 2020 and what top brands are doing to ...
Whitepapers
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How to Mitigate Risk and Streamline Factory Moves
Embrace the future of the manufacturing industry and implement solutions that allow you to navigate change with ease. ...
The 2022 State of Mass Production
Today, reports show that mentions of “supply chain” in earnings calls by Fortune 500 companies rose 412% in just two years. Tens of millions have ...
ABI Research: Manufacturing Optimization — Improve and Automate Digital Transformation at Scale
Manufacturers often adopt new technologies to reduce waste, increase margins, and produce ...
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