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The Truth Behind AI: Accelerating Tech-Insights from the Smarter Factory

In this I-Connect007 article Aegis' Michael Ford eloquently demystifies AI and highlights the role and impact it can have on manufacturing.

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Supply-Chain 4.0

In this Global SMT&Packaging article, by Aegis' Michael Ford, outlines a new approach towards digital manufacturing engineering, as well as MES functions such as Lean management of materials and adaptive planning on the shop-floor that are required to achieve true Industry 4.0 benefits.

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Design for Manufacturing – closing the DFM loop

In this Global SMT & Packaging panel, Aegis Software Corporation's, Michael Ford discusses how line optimization software and increasingly sophisticated factory management systems, is closing the loop, resulting in fewer turns in pilot production, few defects during production and fewer field recalls.

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Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work for Industrial Operations

In this Evertiq article, Aegis Software Corporation's Michael Ford, discusses how AI contributes added skill, diversity, and creativity for production engineers and operators in their day-to-day jobs.

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IPC-2581 Questions Answered by Consortium Members

In an interview by Sierra Circuits Michael Ford, Aegis Software Corporation and Hemant Shah, Cadence Design Systems discuss advantages & benefits of IPC-2581 standard.

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Counterfeit Materials: The Good Guys vs The Bad Guys

In this EMSNOW article, Aegis Software's Michael Ford, discusses why each “touch-point” throughout the whole supply chain needs to be tracked.

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Industrial IoT – The Journey from Talk to Success

The Journey from Talk to Success: Is a lack of “sticky” communication standards impeding Industrial IoT adoption? Read Michael Ford's (Aegis Software Corporation) Guest Post on the ARC Advisory Group blog to learn more about the IPC (IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries) CFX (Connected Factory Exchange) standard.

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Resolving the Productivity Paradox

In this I-Connect007 article, Aegis Software's Michael Ford, provides valuable insights into why overall factory productivity has continued to decline in many companies, even though investments have been made in new automation technology.

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IPC APEX EXPO 2019 Offers a Full Operating CFX Demo Line

At the IPC APEX EXPO 2019, there will be two live production lines demonstrating the power of the IPC CFX standard. Read this I-Connect007 article in which Dave Bergman, IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries, and Michael Ford, Aegis Software, discuss the IPC CFX standard and this exciting show demonstration.

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