Burton EMS Work Study Program Cultivates Future Tech Leaders on the Gogebic Range
Ironwood, MI – Burton EMS sought to bring industry and education together in collaboration when they created their work-study program. The program offers a comprehensive overview of the electronic manufacturing services sector, providing students with hands-on experience in various aspects of the industry, from design and prototyping to production and quality control. Burton EMS offers the […]
Maximizing Employee Potential
A key concept of Lean manufacturing philosophy is differentiating between value-added and non value-added activity. Within that category is the concept of necessary non value-added activity or activities that are necessary, but don’t add value to the products being built. Supervision is considered a necessary, non value-added activity. While management involvement in the production process […]
Are Legacy PCBAs Costing Your Company Money?
While many consumer-focused electronic products have lifecycles of only six months, products that are highly regulated or utilized in industrial applications with limited need for frequent revision may have long lifecycles. So long, in fact, that they may still incorporate component technology that is several decades old. Burton Industries’ latest whitepaper looks at ways that […]
