Does Reliability Have a Place In EMS?

摘要

A large part of the contract manufacturing session that I co-chaired with Circuits Assembly Editor-in-Chief Mike Buetow at this year's SMTA International focused on systems and processes related more to reliability than quality. Our panel discussion delved into that topic more deeply. At the center of that discussion was the question, "Can an industry with margins as thin as those found in electronics manufacturing services afford the liability that comes with recommendations related to reliability?" A decade ago, that answer would probably be no. Today, that answer is far less clear.