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What Component Splicing Is and Why It Matters for SMT Production

You can go a surprisingly long time around SMT production before anyone explains what “component splicing” actually means. Then one day your CM mentions a splice issue, a feeder jams near the end of a reel, or somebody asks whether a partial reel has enough leader left to load. What are they talking about?

What Component Splicing Is and Why It Matters for SMT Production
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How Electronic Components Are Prepped Behind the Scenes

Component prep describes what is happening in that gap between accepted-at-incoming and ready-to-build. It's some of the most important manufacturing work and it's almost completely out of sight—until something goes wrong.

How Electronic Components Are Prepped Behind the Scenes
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Definitive Guide to Semiconductor Tariffs

Have you been tarrified by all the tariff news on semiconductors? You can probably relax, the data tells a different story. In chronological order, here are the essential details. [Updated 7/24/26]

Definitive Guide to Semiconductor Tariffs
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Beyond the Quote: How Cofactr Calculates True Landed Cost

Choosing the right supplier means looking beyond the quote. Cofactr calculates the true cost of every sourcing option so you don't pay for hidden expenses later.

Beyond the Quote: How Cofactr Calculates True Landed Cost
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What Your CM/EMS Should Be Able to Answer About Parts Compliance and Quality

For aerospace and defense manufacturers, your contract manufacturer is an extension of your quality system. Here's how to find out if they're actually built for it.

What Your CM/EMS Should Be Able to Answer About Parts Compliance and Quality
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Why Most Warehouses Aren’t Truly ESD-Compliant

Your warehouse may look ESD-compliant. Floor tiles, heel straps, bench mats, shielding bags, labels, and signs on the wall. But auditors don't look for visual signs, they look for gaps, and they look for proof.

Why Most Warehouses Aren’t Truly ESD-Compliant
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How Poor Kitting Disrupts Your EMS

Your EMS may be complaining about shortages, bad labels, missing docs, or parts that somehow arrived and still are not usable. That usually means your kitting process is not handing off a build-ready package. It is handing off a puzzle.

How Poor Kitting Disrupts Your EMS
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How We Accomplished ITAR Compliance for Our Software

Demystify how ITAR applies to software used by hardware teams. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask. Updated June 2026 (First published December 2, 2024)

How We Accomplished ITAR Compliance for Our Software
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Poor Inventory Visibility Will Kill Your Productivity

The moment your supervisors start chasing runners, emailing suppliers for the “real status,” or keeping secret spreadsheets on constrained parts, your plant is telling you something uncomfortable. They don't trust the system.

Poor Inventory Visibility Will Kill Your Productivity
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The Surprising Risk of Condensation in Properly Stored Moisture Sensitive Components

You might think your moisture-sensitive components are safe once they are sealed in moisture barrier bags with desiccants and humidity indicator cards. That assumption creates trouble. The mystery isn’t about storage failure or visible moisture, it’s about conditions that can arise without warning.

The Surprising Risk of Condensation in Properly Stored Moisture Sensitive Components
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Building an AS6081-Aligned Receiving Workflow for Electronics Manufacturing Services

How stronger incoming inspection helps EMS providers give OEM customers better evidence, clearer escalation triggers, and support informed decisions on counterfeit component mitigation.

Building an AS6081-Aligned Receiving Workflow for Electronics Manufacturing Services
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Why Hardware Startups Fail at Scale: The Prototype Trap

A prototype can make a room of investors nod like bobbleheads. Production cares much less about applause and much more about lead times, yields, alternates, fixtures, compliance files, and whether your favorite capacitor has decided to take a 52-week vacation.

Why Hardware Startups Fail at Scale: The Prototype Trap

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