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[Register](https://secure.epecpcb.com/epec/index2.jsp) [![](https://www.epectec.com/images/InstantPCBQuote-logo.png)](https://www.epectec.com/instantpcbquote/) [Login](https://secure.epecpcb.com/epec/) [Register](https://secure.epecpcb.com/epec/index2.jsp) Register to Quote and Order Your PCBs Fast, Easy & Online, 24/7 - [Home](https://www.epectec.com/) - [Blog](https://blog.epectec.com/) Share This Page: [LinkedIn](https://blog.epectec.com/#linkedin) [X](https://blog.epectec.com/#x) [Facebook](https://blog.epectec.com/#facebook) [Email](https://blog.epectec.com/#email) # Epec's Blog | Electronics Manufacturing Solutions --- ## [Securing Shipments During Peak Season](https://blog.epectec.com/securing-shipments-during-peak-season) [![Securing Shipments During Peak Season](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/Blog/securing-shipments-during-peak-season.jpg "Securing Shipments During Peak Season")](https://blog.epectec.com/securing-shipments-during-peak-season) Written by [Kendall Paradise](https://blog.epectec.com/author/kendall-paradise) Posted on December 5, 2017 at 3:13 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) We sit at the height of the largest e-commerce boom in the last twenty years. The way we approach shipping both personally and professionally is changing. Before the brick-and-mortar stores can even start playing their Christmas music, e-commerce sites are advertising shipping schedules to “guarantee delivery” for free shipping for various holidays. So, what does this have to do with buying electronics? A lot. [Read More](https://blog.epectec.com/securing-shipments-during-peak-season) --- ## [Minimizing Risk in Your Electronics Supply Chain](https://blog.epectec.com/minimizing-risk-in-your-electronics-supply-chain) [![Minimizing Risk in Your Electronics Supply Chain](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/Blog/minimizing-risk-in-your-electronics-supply-chain.jpg "Minimizing Risk in Your Electronics Supply Chain")](https://blog.epectec.com/minimizing-risk-in-your-electronics-supply-chain) Written by [Kendall Paradise](https://blog.epectec.com/author/kendall-paradise) Posted on November 10, 2017 at 10:19 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Any supply chain consists of the different activities that transform natural resources, raw materials, and components into a finished product to be delivered to an end customer. In the case of the [electronics supply chain](https://www.epectec.com/operations/logistics-and-supply-chain.html), it typically involves the procurement of raw materials and equipment, development of product that is either shipped directly to a customer or to another link in the supply chain to be assembled into the larger product. [Read More](https://blog.epectec.com/minimizing-risk-in-your-electronics-supply-chain) --- ## [Planning U.S. Product Delivery Around The Chinese Holiday Schedule](https://blog.epectec.com/planning-us-product-delivery-around-the-chinese-holiday-schedule) [![Hong Kong Airport During Asian Holidays](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/Blog/hong-kong-airport-during-asian-holidays.jpg "Hong Kong Airport During Asian Holidays")](https://blog.epectec.com/planning-us-product-delivery-around-the-chinese-holiday-schedule) Written by [Kendall Paradise](https://blog.epectec.com/author/kendall-paradise) Posted on September 26, 2017 at 9:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) In 2017 it is very rare to find someone whose job isn’t impacted by the Chinese New Year (CNY). Over the course of the last 15 years, the CNY has changed. It was once a complete 2-3-week blackout shutdown, no contact with anyone. It has since evolved into a 2-3 day no-contact window with a 5-10-day manufacturing shutdown. [Read More](https://blog.epectec.com/planning-us-product-delivery-around-the-chinese-holiday-schedule) --- ## [Developing Your Manufacturing Talent](https://blog.epectec.com/developing-your-manufacturing-talent) [![Employee Assembling EC Motor with Fan Ring and Blade](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/blog/employee-assembling-fans.png "Employee Assembling EC Motor with Fan Ring and Blade")](https://blog.epectec.com/developing-your-manufacturing-talent) Written by [Epec Engineered Technologies](https://blog.epectec.com/author/epec-engineered-technologies) Posted on September 1, 2017 at 3:26 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) How do you ensure that your manufacturing talent is an asset to your business? Consider a typical manufacturing organization. Qualifications for many entry–level shop floor positions are modest. New hires range from novices all the way to seasoned manufacturing professionals with specialized skills. Sometimes it is an employer’s market and at other times, there is a scarcity of suitable job talent. In this ever-changing environment, how do we keep the most ambitious, hardworking, and engaged workers? [Read More](https://blog.epectec.com/developing-your-manufacturing-talent) --- ## [Stop Sending Supplier Surveys](https://blog.epectec.com/stop-sending-supplier-surveys) [![sending supplier surveys](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/Blog/sending-supplier-surveys.jpg "sending supplier surveys")](https://blog.epectec.com/stop-sending-supplier-surveys) Written by [Epec Engineered Technologies](https://blog.epectec.com/author/epec-engineered-technologies) Posted on August 16, 2017 at 3:50 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Within industries like electronics manufacturing, suppler self-surveys are very popular. At any given moment here at Epec, we are processing five or so supplier surveys. We send them out ourselves. I have dealt with supplier surveys, one way or another, for the last twenty something years. But, what purpose do they serve, and more importantly, what value do they provide to your organization? [Read More](https://blog.epectec.com/stop-sending-supplier-surveys) --- ## [How Supplier Logistics Affect Your Products](https://blog.epectec.com/how-supplier-logistics-affect-your-products) [![Overstocked Delivery Bicycle ](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/Blog/how-supplier-logistics-affect-your-products.jpg "Overstocked Delivery Bicycle ")](https://blog.epectec.com/how-supplier-logistics-affect-your-products) Written by [Kendall Paradise](https://blog.epectec.com/author/kendall-paradise) Posted on July 19, 2017 at 3:28 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) If you are shipping products from China, underestimating the importance of understanding supplier logistics can come at great peril. Anyone that's been to mainland China has seen some things that probably made you double take in disbelief. You get off the plane, sitting in the back seat of your supplier’s van, most likely jet lagged, and you look out the window to see a bicycle comically overloaded with packages. Once you realize what you're looking at, the first thing you’re probably thinking is *I’m really glad my stuff doesn’t get shipped that way*. But can you really be sure? [Read More](https://blog.epectec.com/how-supplier-logistics-affect-your-products) --- ## [Providing Manufacturing Solutions Beyond Our Products](https://blog.epectec.com/providing-manufacturing-solutions-beyond-our-products) [![Providing Solutions not Products in Manufacturing](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/Blog/providing-solutions-not-products-in-manufacturing.jpg "Providing Solutions not Products in Manufacturing")](https://blog.epectec.com/providing-manufacturing-solutions-beyond-our-products) Written by [Ed McMahon](https://blog.epectec.com/author/ed-mcmahon) Posted on June 16, 2017 at 9:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) All companies judge themselves on simple things like revenue, expenses, and income. Most manufacturing companies measure even more metrics like capacity utilization, yield, inventory turns, and on-time delivery. All of which are very important to ensure that business is profitable. [Read More](https://blog.epectec.com/providing-manufacturing-solutions-beyond-our-products) --- ## [RMA Process and Root Cause Analysis in Manufacturing](https://blog.epectec.com/rma-process-and-root-cause-analysis-in-manufacturing) [![Epec RMA Process](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/Blog/epec-rma-process.jpg "Epec RMA Process")](https://blog.epectec.com/rma-process-and-root-cause-analysis-in-manufacturing) Written by [Epec Engineered Technologies](https://blog.epectec.com/author/epec-engineered-technologies) Posted on May 11, 2017 at 12:34 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) We find that return merchandise authorizations (RMAs) are a powerful statement of a customer’s level of dissatisfaction. RMAs can offer evidence if a manufacturing process fell short of its goal, there was a lack of communication throughout processes, or even misdiagnosed a problem. In any case, we stand behind our product and are ready to support our customer. [Read More](https://blog.epectec.com/rma-process-and-root-cause-analysis-in-manufacturing) --- ## [Why Freight Supplier Management Is Key To Business Growth](https://blog.epectec.com/why-freight-supplier-management-is-critical-to-growing-your-business) [![Aircraft Loading Cargo](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/Blog/securing-air-freight-from-asia.jpg "Aircraft Loading Cargo")](https://blog.epectec.com/why-freight-supplier-management-is-critical-to-growing-your-business) Written by [Kendall Paradise](https://blog.epectec.com/author/kendall-paradise) Posted on March 17, 2017 at 12:10 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Over the course of the last 10 years, e-commerce has gone from something that very few people did to something that is part of our everyday lives. The rise in e-commerce has made many of our lives easier and more productive. The unseen side effect for most people is the strain that this dramatic increase of the “casual shipper” has caused to the existing Air Freight model. [Read More](https://blog.epectec.com/why-freight-supplier-management-is-critical-to-growing-your-business) --- ## [How Your Organization Can Improve - The Epec A3 Process](https://blog.epectec.com/how-your-organization-can-improve-the-epec-a3-process) [![A3 Team Collaboration](https://blog.epectec.com/hubfs/Blog/a3-team-collaboration.jpg "A3 Team Collaboration")](https://blog.epectec.com/how-your-organization-can-improve-the-epec-a3-process) Written by [Epec Engineered Technologies](https://blog.epectec.com/author/epec-engineered-technologies) Posted on March 3, 2017 at 3:17 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Business-to-business (B2B) is now more competitive than ever. Remaining competitive in the electronics manufacturing industry [requires businesses to change, adapt, and improve](http://www.epectec.com/operations/). 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