Episodes
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
PCB Chat Episode 53: Wally Rhines on the Q4 EDA Market
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
It was a banner quarter -- and year -- for printed circuit board design software. ESD Alliance spokesman Wally Rhines joins Mike Buetow for his quarterly update on fourth quarter EDA market statistics, and gives his thoughts on whether Covid-19 will move the needle toward cloud-based PCB applications.
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
John Mitchell talks about the state of the industry, COVID-19 (coronavirus), and the future of the electronic assembly industry with Mike Konrad.
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Reliability Matters Episode 36: A Conversation with Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
We bring back two previous guests, SMT consultants Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall of ITM Consulting. Phil and Jim host Board Talk, a popular broadcast where they field assembly-related questions and provide answers in a style only they can deliver.
We’ll discuss how they go about “fixing” their customer’s problems and their new upcoming book, “Trouble Shooting Electronic Assemblies, Conversations from the Board-Talk Crypt.”
Friday Mar 06, 2020
PCB Chat Episode 51: Sreeram Srinivasan of Syrma Technology
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Syrma Technology is one of India’s largest domestically based EMS companies. Its chief executive, Sreeram Srinivasan, was educated in both India and the United States, returning to India after research stints in Los Alamos and Oak Ridge National Labs. There, he has held a variety of management jobs in the automotive and industrial sectors. He became CEO of Syrma in 2015. He speaks with PCB Chat host Mike Buetow about his company's place in the EMS sector, its growth plans, and his experiences doing business in the Indian electronics market.
Friday Mar 06, 2020
PCB Chat Episode 52: Susan Mucha on Crisis Communication Strategies
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
This week’s guest on PCB Chat is Sue Mucha, president of Powell-Mucha Consulting, an EMS business consulting firm. In the wake of the Covid-19 (coronavirus), she outlines strategies for communicating possible or actual supply chain and factory disruptions to suppliers, employees and customers.
Also see Sue's recent column on this topic at circuitsassembly.com.