Benefits of a Design for Supply Chain Methodology
Have you been considering a design for supply chain? If you’ve been involved in manufacturing anything in recent history, you know the feeling. Customer orders piling up, lines are down, and you’re just learning that components won’t be available for weeks, maybe even months, because of supply chain issues. That low-cost custom part could now […]
Supply Chain Risk Management Best Practices
When You Can’t Support Your Customers You may not be the doctor telling patients their medical tests and procedures are delayed because there aren’t enough supplies on hand. You may not be the operations officer watching your AOG (aircraft on the ground) hours rising out of control, leaving your troops immobilized and ineffective. But you […]
Medical Device Design Project Management | Keys to Success
Do you know what makes a product launch successful? Partnering with a firm that offers high-value program management services. This includes time management, proper budget management and device development. As you evaluate possible partners, consider their project management methodology and the communication with your team. Nortech’s program management team focuses on delivering consistent results by […]
What Is a Good Quality Management System? | Making Your Assessment
Why Is a Quality Management System So Important? A Quality Management System (QMS) is a formal system that documents processes and responsibilities for enforcing quality policies and objectives. A QMS helps support and direct an organization’s activities to meet customer and regulatory requirements while improving overall performance. It covers aspects like documentation of the process, […]
Top Design for Manufacturability Considerations
What is Design for Manufacturability (DFM)? It’s the general engineering practice of designing products for manufacture. This technique is practiced across nearly every engineering discipline. Below, we will share details on common design principles used to improve manufacturability such as multi-functional teams, standardized parts and minimizing over-constraints. Some of the benefits you can expect by […]
Active Optical VS Traditional Copper Cables
In comparison to active optical cables, traditional copper wiring has many constraints. As InfiniBand data speeds increase and data centers cluster in size, copper cable technology is being pushed to its limits. Passive cables are restricted by their conductivity and can only carry a certain amount of data over short distances. Active optical cables transcend […]
Fiber Optic Cables for Machine Vision Applications | Active Optical Xtreme®
Machine vision is a technology that uses cameras, software algorithms, and other processing hardware. It generates rapidly increasing amounts of video and still imagery for real-time analysis. Nortech’s fiber optic cables for machine vision are called Active Optical Xtreme® and it’s the best way to keep up with the rapid changing vision systems. Vision systems […]
Cable Harness Assembly Design Considerations
A cable harness assembly is typically a configuration of electrical cables or wires protected by a molding or environmental-proof backshell. Used to transmit power and signals, these harnesses can range from simple commercial applications to multi-legged assemblies with complex breakouts and junctions like those used more often for defense, medical, or industrial applications. Contact Nortech […]
A Guide to Solving Common PCBA Prototyping Issues
Whether you are designing life-saving devices or industrial equipment, Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBAs) are a necessity. PCBA designs are becoming increasingly complex, and yet, are required to fit in smaller and smaller spaces. You may also be tasked with redesigning layouts due to obsolescence or the unavailability of existing components as a result of […]