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Heroism in Electronics Manufacturing Adds Risk without Reward
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Heroism in Electronics Manufacturing Adds Risk without Reward

Originally published in Forbes. For as long as consumer electronics have been tied to the holiday season cycle, engineering heroism ...

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky August 20, 2020

The COVID-19 problems that will force manufacturing to innovate
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The COVID-19 problems that will force manufacturing to innovate

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky May 12, 2020

Best Practices: Use Alerts to Catch Process Shift in Production
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Best Practices: Use Alerts to Catch Process Shift in Production

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky November 18, 2019

Why hardware products get delayed: EVT, DVT, PVT Decoded, Part 2
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Why hardware products get delayed: EVT, DVT, PVT Decoded, Part 2

February 20, 2018

The end of delays: Instrumental launches an intelligent quality system to modernize manufacturing
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The end of delays: Instrumental launches an intelligent quality system to modernize manufacturing

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky October 31, 2017

Fortune 500 company uses Instrumental to ship in time for Christmas
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Fortune 500 company uses Instrumental to ship in time for Christmas

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky March 28, 2017

Find out what one day is worth with the Cost of Delay Calculator
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Find out what one day is worth with the Cost of Delay Calculator

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky February 3, 2017

Be thankful for your issues list
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Be thankful for your issues list

Earlier this week, I ran into an investor seeking words of encouragement on behalf of a talented team working through ...

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky November 24, 2016

Hardware engineers get more dates: Why hardware schedules look nothing like software schedules
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Hardware engineers get more dates: Why hardware schedules look nothing like software schedules

Samuel Weiss November 8, 2016

Causes of build delays and how to prevent them
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Causes of build delays and how to prevent them

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky November 1, 2016

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