Allison Budvarson, COO of Out of the Box manufacturing recently attended a Kent City Council meeting and witnessed the Mayor deliver the Women in Manufacturing Day Proclamation. Nikki Malcom, CEO & Executive Director of Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, accepted the proclamation. Photo of Women in Manufacturing in attendance:

We believe an investment into future leaders in manufacturing is valuable for all of us in the industry and each month continue to find ways to offer support. Today we are taking a moment to let you know of a new project developed with CAMPS that focuses on students and young professionals.

Today we will review what you can do to ensure there are no questions from the Assembler with a brief list of what things are necessary for a Bill of Materials (BOM).

Supply has always been challenging, but now it's the biggest hurdle. Supply Chain is the #1 risk for a small company launching with an EAU (Estimated Annual Usage) in the low thousands.

On November 29th, there was news about how President Biden had a roundtable meeting with a group of major retailers and consumer product manufacturers to discuss rising prices and supply chain problems that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. Our mastermind group continues to brainstorm, research, and understand material shortages and logistics issues along with…

The team at OBMFG understands the importance and impact of PCBs. Electronic devices used today have cores that are formed mainly by Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). Everything from cars to refrigerators to smartphones has electronics with these modern components found online or in some specialized retailers. The PCB is the foundation onto which a variety of small electrical…

“Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.” - Henry Ford - As an assembler, we are asked to do a full turnkey build. We purchase the bare PCBs, the parts and do the assembly. This frequently means when…

Become your Assembly House’s favorite customer by providing easy to audit kits We see a variety of methods to provide parts in kits. Still, they usually involve supplying any parts required for a job within large cases with the parts individually packed in plastic bags or cardboard boxes. The supply chain is being disrupted with shortages, logistics issues, and staffing.…

This is an update about some important happenings in China that will affect PCBs and everyone in the manufacturing industry. The Chinese government released new policies regarding electricity consumption that is reducing manufacturing capacity and ability for off-peak power consumption. This is already happening at the major manufacturing centers there.

We will be attending this live event in beautiful Bend, Oregon. It will no doubt offer a unique opportunity to hear from unmanned vehicle leaders and users in land, air, and sea, and learn what you need to know about the latest in technology, business challenges, and opportunities: