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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009The following article was written by my colleague Craig Hillman, CEO of DfR Solutions.
The Cycle of Reliability
The Past
Those who interact closely with DfR realize that we proscribe to the theory of the ‘reliability cycle’. The early years of electronics, 1950’s and 1960’s, were disasters for reliability and led to the establishment of the organizations and [...]
Sharing Large Files with YouSendIt
Monday, August 10th, 2009This article has been cross-posted in the Baselodge blog.
Thanks to John over at Fedcor Global, I have become a satisfied user of YouSendIt.com, a service that makes sharing large files a snap. Those of us in the manufacturing and sourcing industry have frequent needs to send and receive large files. For years I have used [...]
Aluminum Extrusions
Monday, May 4th, 2009One of the most exciting aspects of my job at Baselodge Group is being able to expand my knowledge of different industries and manufacturing solutions. There is something energizing about learning. At the end of 2008 Baselodge Group signed on to represent Extrusion Technology (X-Tech) based in Randolph, MA.
X-Tech is a manufacturer of aluminum extrusions, [...]
Embedded Systems Q&A
Friday, February 20th, 20091. What is an “embedded system”?
An embedded system is basically any device that has an internal computing architecture designed to handle a specific application. This applies to any type of processor and operating system, so can be anything from an ARM platform running Linux or an RTOS to a full x86 implementation running Windows. This contrasts [...]
The Joy of the Factory
Thursday, February 12th, 2009This article is cross-posted in the Baselodge Blog.
Disclaimer: I am well aware of the historical and current conditions in some factories and that many factories have been and are places of injustice for workers. The impressions I share in this article are not intended to deny such problems or minimize them. The types of factories [...]