Continuing with the second in my 3-part interview with ASC’s John Johnson, formerly with Averatek, on the patented A-SAP process that allows PCB manufacturers to produce sub 25-micron (1 mil) pcb trace and space designs with perfectly straight side walls.
Click here to read the entire article: https://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1512857-design007-dec2023/45?
Read the first in my 3-part interview with ASC’s John Johnson, formerly with Averatek, on the patented A-SAP process that allows PCB manufacturers to produce sub 25-micron (1 mil) pcb trace and space designs with perfectly straight side walls.
Click here to read the article: https://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1511130-design007-nov2023/59?
PRESS RELEASE
The Right Approach Consulting
January 7, 2023
Elgin, IL
Brigitflex Achieves AS9100D: 2016. I am proud to announce that client Brigitflex has upgraded their QMS from ISO 9001: 2015 and received certification to AS9100D: 2016 from certifying body TUV Rheinland. Brigitte Lawrence and her management team were highly engaged with the goal of driving organizational improvement during this transition. A special shout-out to Plant Manager Bruce Gunter for his hard work and dedication throughout this project.
President & Founder Brigitte Lawrence stated:
“We have a number of Aerospace contracts in the queue, pending this certification and it was crucial to gain AS9100 certification as quickly as possible. Aside from the certification itself, I was very pleased to see the improvement in all of our business processes given the extreme complexity of our product. I would also like to acknowledge the guidance and facilitation of Steve Williams of TRAC, which was key to our success in this transition”
About Brigitflex
Brigitflex is a woman-owned Mid-West circuit board fabricator, with a focus on specialty materials, multilayer, flexible, and large scale formats designed for the antenna industry. Brigitflex combines old & new technology with specialty equipment and a highly-trained workforce to create a documented process that can be repetitively manufactured. Their extensive experience with multilayer, flexible, and large scale formats allow the conversion of complex design requirements with difficult to handle materials into specialty printed circuit boards.
For more information go to: https://brigitflex.com
Great leaders are committed to victory and make things happen, period. To make this point I would like to borrow a lesson from Genghis Khan in my book Notorious: Business Lessons from History’s Most Ruthless Leaders. Lesson 7 in the book is “Lead from the Front”. One of the most enduring mantras in leadership is “Never ask a follower to do something you are not willing to do yourself”. Read the whole article here: http://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1453746-pcb007-feb2022/45?
Anyone within a couple of decades of my age remember this tagline from the ubiquitous commercials of the 70s & 80s for the E.F. Hutton stock brokerage. 50 years later it still sticks with me, and John Maxwell has leveraged it into one of the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Read the entire article here http://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1401769-pcb007-aug2021/37?
Many people, when first put in a management role, think that now that they have some power and a title that respect also comes with the deal. “I’m the boss so my people must respect me… right?” These same people very quickly discover just how wrong they are! Read the entire article here at http://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1392944-pcb007-july2021/83?
ISO tells us the 7 Quality Management Principles are a set of fundamental beliefs, norms, rules, and values that are accepted as true and can be used as a basis for quality management. These quality best practices will lead to higher customer satisfaction in any organization.
1 Customer Focus
Organizations depend on their customers and therefore should understand current and 
future customer needs, should meet customer requirements and strive to exceed customer expectations.
2 Leadership
Leaders (top management) establish unity of purpose and direction of the organization. They should create and maintain the internal environment in which people can become fully involved in achieving the organization’s objectives.
3 Engagement of People
People at all levels are the essence of an organization and their full involvement enables their abilities to be used for the organization’s benefit and allow the organization to achieve common goals including quality objectives.
4 Process approach
A desired result is achieved more efficiently when activities and related resources are managed as a process. The process approach incorporates the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and risk-based thinking.
5 Improvement
Continual improvement of the organization’s overall performance should be a permanent objective of the organization. Undertaking internal audits at regular intervals can assist with identifying opportunities for improvement.
6 Evidence-based Decision Making
Effective decisions are based on the analysis of data and information. It is important to make decisions based on the facts, plan changes and verify the effectiveness of change.
7 Relationship Management
An organization and its interested parties (including suppliers) are interdependent and a mutually beneficial relationship enhances the ability of both to create value. Communication is key to maintaining and improving the quality management system (QMS).
The Law of the Lid
Last time I stated that the biggest mistake most companies make is to promote someone to a leadership position based on their technical skills. This makes some sense, on the surface. But the thing is, Leadership requires a completely different skill set and what happens more times than not is that you lose a good technical person and gain a bad manager!
Read the full article at: http://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1339822-pcb007-feb2021/101?
Good leadership always makes a difference; unfortunately, so does bad leadership. It can be the difference between average (or worse) and exceptional organizational performance. Leadership is not easy to learn; if it was, everyone would be a leader. This Leadership 101 series will provide practical leadership tools and principles that can be applied immediately with your team.
Read the full article at: http://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1330321-pcb007-jan2021/73?
PRESS RELEASE
The Right Approach Consulting
January 25, 2021
St Petersburg, FL
HT Global Circuits receives ISO 9001: 2015 Certification
I am extremely proud to announce that client HT Global Circuits – St. Petersburg, has received certification to ISO 9001: 2015 from certifying body SAI Global. The company had a solid quality foundation going in from many years of numerous quality certifications and prior revisions of the ISO standard, and realized significant process improvement and simplification of the QMS. Director of Quality, Bob Castro, was the force driving this initiative and indicated this was a milestone for the FL facility and plans to add more certifications in the near future. The management team and workforce were heavily involved in the process and were a key component of the success of the project. A heartfelt thanks & congrats to all!
About HT Global Circuits
HT Global Circuits is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing, sourcing and supply of printed circuit boards (PCBs), liquid crystal displays (LCDs), adjacent electronic products and support services to the electronics design and manufacturing industries. They provide small and large corporations for printed circuit boards (PCBs), including government agencies, manufacturing solutions that meet the ever-changing global technology shifts through domestic and offshore manufacturing facilities including industry leading rapid prototyping.
As one of the largest privately owned printed circuit board PCB manufacturing companies in the United States, HT Global Circuits is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, with other locations in Milwaukee Wisconsin, China, Jordan and Germany. HT Global Circuits has been in business for over 25 years and has established itself as not only a supplier of large-volume printed circuit boards (PCBs), but also as a supplier of globally competitive, high tolerance, high quality, small to medium volume production quantities as well.
For more information go https://www.htglobalcircuits.com
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