Talking About Several Trends That Have An Impact On The PCBA Manufacturing Industry?
With the development of science and technology, electronic products are becoming more and more intelligent, especially for products such as electrical appliances, automobiles and smart homes, so the requirements for circuit boards will become higher and higher.Facing its more complex design and manufacturing requirements, TECOO will keep pace with the times and follow the development of the times, increase automation equipment and deepen professional knowledge.
In this rapidly evolving marketplace, you need to understand which printed circuit board assembly manufacturing trends will have the greatest impact on your future component selection and board layout decisions. In particular, the challenges of component shortages and production shutdowns and supply chain bottlenecks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the past two years have had a great impact on many electronic manufacturing service providers.
Trend 1: Automation Equipment
Building a circuit board is a three-phase process (manufacturing, component sourcing, and assembly) consisting of well-defined steps. However, with the development and increase of automation equipment, you only need to set up the product manufacturing process in the mechanical equipment, and then you can carry out automated production. Not only does it improve the efficiency of producing products, it also minimizes the reliance on manual expertise, and increasing its process automation greatly improves product quality.
Trend 2: Software-Based Processing and the Internet of Things
As automation increases, so does software utilization. In addition, the manufacturing equipment adopts Industry 4.0 electronic manufacturing service technology, and software-based printed circuit board assembly manufacturing has many advantages, especially in assembly manufacturing and testing. For example, quality control measures such as automated optical inspection-automatic scanning of PCBAs with cameras to collect images that are used to identify defects or contamination that cannot be detected by manual visual inspection-eliminate the need for operators to physically handle the board. Designing circuit boards for IoT provides a record of the need to optimize sensor data acquisition and layout of wireless interconnects. Emphasizing these skills now will help you prepare for what's to come, detect and eliminate errors in early manufacturing, achieve good process control, reduce repair costs, and avoid scrapping irreparable boards.
Trend #3 Increased demand for custom products
Mass customization may not be new, but the demand for personalized products is on the rise. In a situation where product categories are saturated, it becomes increasingly difficult to differentiate based on product features alone. What's more, in recent years, consumers have become acutely aware of what they value most. From fast-moving consumer goods to industrial machinery, customers expect products that reflect their individual needs.
Trend #4: Enhanced Supply Chain Resilience Management
Another recent but important trend is the recognition of the need for a supply chain management plan. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an incalculable impact on component production and availability, material sourcing, and manufacturing service availability, resulting in component shortages and skyrocketing prices, affecting many product costs and lead times for customers . Manufacturers will therefore need to take steps to increase the resilience of their supply chains to scale with the ups and downs of business volumes to prevent a repeat of the industry in recent history.
If you are looking for common components, printed circuit board assembly or finished product assembly and testing, etc., TECOO has nearly 20 years of experience in this field as a professional electronic manufacturing service provider, and can meet most of your needs.
