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SMT Express, Volume 3, Issue No. 8 - from SMTnet.com
Volume 3, Issue No. 8 Thursday, August 16, 2001
OnBoard Forum

SMTnet's OnBoard Forum to Feature Jeff Schake

September 17, 2001 8:00 AM EST to September 21, 2001 5:00 PM EST

Jeff Schake is Senior Advanced Technologies Engineer for DEK Printing Machines Ltd. His recent process research studies include 0201 assembly wafer bumping and array package bumping process development, as well as encapsulation. Jeff holds a BA degree in Physics and a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, as well as a MS degree in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Topic Summary:

Stencil printing issues with 0201 technology

Featured Articles

Performance Improvement
"We Can't Forecast Our Business!"
by R. Michael Donovan
Reprinted, with permission, from R. Michael Donovan & Co. Inc.

We can't forecast our business, it's too unpredictable." I have heard this statement from executives many times during my over two decades in consulting. The fact is, when inventory exists at any level in anticipation of customer orders, it is...

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Performance Improvement
Order-to-Delivery: Times Have Changed
by R. Michael Donovan
Reprinted, with permission, from R. Michael Donovan & Co. Inc.

Times have changed. One permanent change is the competitive landscape. In the past, manufacturers made products, then went out and found customers to sell to and make a profit. The traditional customer inter-action mode of "we make it, you buy it" has collapsed. In its place, customers are saying, "we'll let you know, then you deliver it fast". This about-face has put a great deal of strain...

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Book Review
Cleaning and Contamination of Electronics Components and Assemblies
by B. N. Ellis

Reviewed by Dave Fish (davef ), Pandion Electronics, Inc.

Brian Ellis has written a conversational discussion of his favorite topic - cleaning. Not one to be limited by the topic at hand, Mr. Ellis uses cleaning as a launch point to talk about just about every thing relating to electronic assembly from sources of contamination on components to applying protective...

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Book Review
Solders and Soldering
by Howard H. Manko

Reviewed by Dave Fish (davef ), Pandion Electronics, Inc.

Howard Manko is the world's top solder educator. People should take a course from him regardless of how much they think they know about...

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	at coldfusion.util.SoftCache.get_statsOff(SoftCache.java:133)
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	at coldfusion.tagext.lang.IncludeTag.doStartTag(IncludeTag.java:446)
	at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage._emptyTcfTag(CfJspPage.java:2795)
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	at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.invoke(CfJspPage.java:244)
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	at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.invoke(CfJspPage.java:244)
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	at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage._emptyTcfTag(CfJspPage.java:2795)
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	at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.invoke(CfJspPage.java:244)
	at coldfusion.tagext.lang.IncludeTag.doStartTag(IncludeTag.java:446)
	at coldfusion.filter.CfincludeFilter.invoke(CfincludeFilter.java:65)
	at coldfusion.filter.IpFilter.invoke(IpFilter.java:64)
	at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.invoke(ApplicationFilter.java:451)
	at coldfusion.filter.RequestMonitorFilter.invoke(RequestMonitorFilter.java:48)
	at coldfusion.filter.MonitoringFilter.invoke(MonitoringFilter.java:40)
	at coldfusion.filter.PathFilter.invoke(PathFilter.java:112)
	at coldfusion.filter.ExceptionFilter.invoke(ExceptionFilter.java:94)
	at coldfusion.filter.BrowserDebugFilter.invoke(BrowserDebugFilter.java:79)
	at coldfusion.filter.ClientScopePersistenceFilter.invoke(ClientScopePersistenceFilter.java:28)
	at coldfusion.filter.BrowserFilter.invoke(BrowserFilter.java:38)
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	at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:38)
	at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22)
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	at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46)
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