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Pantone and Plastic: The Challenges of Color Matching in Product Design and Manufacturing
Product Quality

Pantone and Plastic: The Challenges of Color Matching in Product Design and Manufacturing

Pantone recently announced their colors of the year for 2021: Ultimate Gray, a soothing and shadowy steel, and Illuminating, a ...

Chris Li, former Amazon Engineering Lead December 29, 2020

Failure Analysis Methods for Product Design Engineers: Finding Sources of Error (Pt. 1)
Failure Analysis

Failure Analysis Methods for Product Design Engineers: Finding Sources of Error (Pt. 1)

Instrumental December 21, 2020

2021 State of New Product Introduction (NPI) Survey
Technology News

2021 State of New Product Introduction (NPI) Survey

December 7, 2020

3 Processes Hardware Engineering Leads Can Implement to Optimize Product Development Generation-Over-Generation
Product Quality

3 Processes Hardware Engineering Leads Can Implement to Optimize Product Development Generation-Over-Generation

Chris Li, former Amazon Engineering Lead

Launching Instrumental Data Streams
Company News

Launching Instrumental Data Streams

Instrumental November 19, 2020

Electronics Supply Chains Are Staying Put In China, For Now
Technology News

Electronics Supply Chains Are Staying Put In China, For Now

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky November 6, 2020

What is manufacturing optimization (and why should you care)?
Technology News

What is manufacturing optimization (and why should you care)?

Joel Garcia October 19, 2020

WeChat ban may cut a vital lifeline to Chinese factories for U.S. electronics brands
Factory Tips

WeChat ban may cut a vital lifeline to Chinese factories for U.S. electronics brands

Originally published in Forbes. For many U.S.-based engineering teams who assemble their products in China or greater Asia, WeChat is ...

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky August 20, 2020

Heroism in Electronics Manufacturing Adds Risk without Reward
Factory Tips

Heroism in Electronics Manufacturing Adds Risk without Reward

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

Glue and coating failure modes in electronics manufacturing
Failure Analysis

Glue and coating failure modes in electronics manufacturing

Leslie Williams August 4, 2020

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