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3 Things You Should Know When Choosing an EMS

To sustain business growth, companies are rapidly adopting the business model of outsourcing the production of their product hardware to electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers in order to conserve their own internal resources. However, companies today are having a hard time choosing an EMS provider. Small and medium enterprises have...
PoE Power over Ethernet All-In-One Panel PC, Beginning Of A New Era for Panel PC

Power over Ethernet technology, or PoE, describes a system to support both the electrical power and the data over a standard network cable. This technology allows users to remotely control and power a device via one single cable. It is flexible, reliable, safe and cost-effective. In 2003, the first PoE...
Improve Hospital Environment Using Healthcare Interactive Digital Signage

Whether you’re a doctor, nurse, general staff member, patient, or a visitor, the thought of being within any healthcare facility can be daunting. With all the confusion found in patients and their friends/family walking the halls, one of the biggest challenges hospitals are facing is how to improve the design...
Fanless PCs Becoming Mainstream in Industrial Applications

There are many subjects to consider when designing a PC for industrial applications, including processor & graphics performance, thermal ventilation, vibration, and form factor, just to name a few. In the past, most industrial PCs required using cooling fans to dissipate the heat generated by the processor and other components....
Embedded, Customizable Solution Helps Medical Group Grow Their Business

A non-profit Chicago Healthcare Delivery System wanted to focus on their core medical business, not on IT. The non-profit came to us with a unique goal: they wanted an OEM manufacturing solution partner who could provide and support a standardized product, and they also wanted to extend the lifecycle of...
Preventing defective products from ever being shipped

Conforming vs Nonconforming Materials Conforming as you might imagine, means the material being manufactured meets the requirements, this is what we all want. Nonconforming means the material does not meet the requirements, and manufacturers who fail to recognize and control non-conforming defects can seriously damage the businesses they are working...
Interactive Digital Signage Solution Custom-Designed for Children's Hospital

When a prominent children’s hospital in Palo Alto, California, came to us, we sat down with them to discuss all of their HW requirements and possible solutions. Like many businesses, they were unique and had their own needs that off-the-shelf, consumer-grade products could not solve. We determined that they needed...
Quick RMA Turnover Reduces Product Downtime

If digital signage goes offline, a hospital can lose it’s digital wayfinding capabilities, making it much more difficult for patients, visitors and staff to navigate the hospital. If a data-server fails, a company can lose access to pertinent data, like patient files, and may even lose their ability to communicate...
Staying Agile with Flexible Manufacturing Procurement Processes

A foolproof procurement process is a like a white whale. You could spend your whole life searching for one because procurement is always tricky. Everything seems easy in the beginning; we identify what goods and services to procure, complete purchase orders and agree on delivery timeframes and methods. But, because...
Cable-Free Designs Make Industrial Fanless PC's More Rugged

Cableless PC designs are typically found in extremely rugged applications, like military or aerospace, and the design is usually customized for that specific applications. As you might guess, the associated development and purchasing costs on an application like this has always been very high. Recently, however, a new trend has...
Quality Control Practices Your Manufacturer Should Be Using

When trying to find a manufacturing partner, most companies look for two things: They want a competitive price and they want their orders to come on time. The problem is, reducing those two factors often come at the cost of product quality. Ultimately, when product quality is inconsistent it creates...
3 Common Pitfalls in NPI Process

A New Product introduction (NPI) process defines the methods and stages required for a smooth transition from the design to manufacturing. These complex projects incorporate numerous components and subassemblies and often involve extensive collaborations across an organization. Thanks in part to the high level of difficulty, key steps in NPI processes...

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