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SMALL REPEATABLE VOLUMES ARE A CHALLENGE, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE BEEN CREATING THEM AS LONG AS WE HAVE.
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ownership throughout the entire manufacturing and supply chain. VirTex sees a more sophisticated buying market, where the customers have lived through the pain of not be- ing able to meet the market condi- tions, struggling to communicate with overseas suppliers, wrestling with serious differences in time-zone, languages and cultures. The company’s Texas location
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contains three SMT lines and is equipped to handle micro BGA and double-sided BGA components as well as system-level assembly. It has a range of equipment including reflow, wave and selective solder machines, plus functional, flying probe, in-cir- cuit, and RF testing capabilities. In Wisconsin, the company’s facility has five SMT lines and provides manual assembly, box builds, PCB prototypes, thick film hybrid circuit assembly, de- sign for manufacturing, test services, and supply chain expertise. The com- pany’s third location in Juarez, Mexi- co focuses its three SMT lines on the automotive, industrial, medical in- strumentation markets, and provides reverse logistics services. It is about being flexible and con-
figurable, whether in supply or through technology like automation or 3D printing. A single outsourced solu- tion is no longer effective, as each chal- lenge is customer-specific, hence the service that is required needs to be tai- lored across a diverse customer base, sometimes using multiple locations. The company has often used blended solutions with lower volumes in the U.S. and higher volumes being shipped from Mexico, which is where its award-winning supply chain man- agement comes into its own.
Customer Diversity Diversity in business is impor-
tant at VirTex, with an established customer base made up of many For-
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tune 500 clients, while also striving to be the preferred manufacturing partner for innovative start-ups and customers who require technical know-how and expertise. Customers come from all industries and are as diverse as the markets that they op- erate in, with volumes varying from small prototype runs to larger ongo- ing regular commitments. Welcoming customers of all
shapes and sizes, the company’s proj- ects include semiconductor capital equipment, handheld instrumenta- tion, telecom infrastructure switches, industrial meters, medical diagnos- tics, automotive electronics, and large form gaming kiosks where mul- timillion dollar systems may be built at a rate of just one or two per week. Above all, VirTex is organized to en- sure that customers never get lost in the system, regardless of their size or product type. Contact: VirTex Enterprises,
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mately one million staff members, as well as video process recording to identify potential issues and im- prove processes. Kevin also spoke about Foxconn’s robotic program, which is a combination of internal development and collaboration with the established robotics industry. There is no doubt that robotics and automation will have a prominent role in the future of the company, which, according to recent statistics, represented over 50 percent of the sales of the world’s top fifty EMS companies. The day was rounded out by a
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discussion, moderated by Global SMT & Packaging’s Trevor Gal- braith and representatives of Jabil, Foxconn, ASM, and Mentor who joined him onstage to explore some key issues and take questions from the audience. The topic of open stan- dards was raised and was debated at some length. The panel members al- so spoke about their vision of the fu- ture, including some of the KPIs and ROI measures that could be attrib- uted to the implementation of IoM. IoM is a complex issue, but
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many are coming to terms with it and applying its principles in both small and large ways. The first step is the most important, as is a solid understanding of how it will affect the entire value chain. Events like IoM 2016 are important and the con- ference is on its way to becoming a regular item on the calendar.
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