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Webinars

Covering prototypes, manufacturing, production and supply chains, our Webinars give powerful insight into MacroFabs capabilities and solutions.

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On-Demand Webinar: Lunar New Year 2023: Why You Can't Put off Electronics Manufacturing Resilience Planning

Be prepared for disruptions to your manufacturing process by understanding how closures may change sourcing, logistics, and capacity around the globe.

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On-Demand Webinar: Four Reasons Your Electronics Development Team Can’t Deliver on Time

This webinar will share factors within your control that will help you avoid problems that can derail your project before it even begins.

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On-Demand Webinar: North American Electronics Prototyping: Risks and Benefits

If you’re thinking of using a US-based partner for your next project, what should you be aware of before you make the move?

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On-Demand Webinar: Breaking Down Silos: How Cloud Manufacturing Can Enhance Electronics Manufacturing Efficiency

Electronics cloud manufacturing provides a data-centric environment that can break down walls between your teams and enhance overall company performance.

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On-Demand Webinar: Electronics Product Management: Ways to Speed Time to Market

Join us as we discuss different ways to facilitate efficient design processes, increasing development speed and cutting your time to market.

How Cloud Data Improves Your Electronics Inventory Forecasting

On-Demand Webinar: How Cloud Data Improves Your Electronics Inventory Forecasting

Increasing demand for competitive efficiency has moved today’s inventory control systems beyond simple automated tasks.

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On-Demand Webinar: Supply Chain Visibility: Predicting Risk and Improving Decision Making Beyond the Pandemic

Not all supply chain problems are attributed to COVID-19. Your customer experience relies heavily on accurately predicting risk.

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On-Demand Webinar: Avoiding Line-Down and Production Stops At The Design Stage

Join us as we discuss rules and strategies for design engineers to support continued manufacturing in times of ever-increasing supply chain delays.

Risks and benefits of alternative sourcing strategies

On-Demand Webinar: Risks and Benefits of Alternative Sourcing Strategies

Discussing the differences in Independent Distributors, Brokers, and Secondary Source markets. We'll cover how each operates.

Current state of the electronics supply chain

On-Demand Webinar: Current State of the Electronics Supply Chain

Current status of the electronics supply chain: which materials are facing new supply pressures, which are improving, and which remain challenges.

Using digital tools for the design from prototype to production

On-Demand Webinar: Using Digital Tools for the Design from Prototype to Production

A product demonstration managing prototype production, version & track changes, transition from engineering to purchasing teams, & manage purchasing.

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On-Demand Webinar: The Shortest Path From Prototype To Production

Experts from Altium, MacroFab, & Xometry show how to accelerate your new products from idea to customer and capture market value away from companies.

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On-Demand Webinar: Moving Faster and Working Around Supply Chain Disruptions

Experts from Altium, MacroFab, and Xometry show how building a digital thread from design stages to production at scale allows you to eliminate delays.

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On-Demand Webinar: Digital Manufacturing - From Design to Production

The current state of digital manufacturing and the range of processes platforms enable faster product development and its future.

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On-Demand Webinar: Avoid PCB Manufacturing and Product Assembly Issues via Integrated E-CAD and Mechanical CAD

We'll focus on best practices & CAD features that help design & produce manufacturable boards, eliminate board re-spins & reduce time on design iterations.

Blog

A blog devoted to how electronics manufacturing and PCB assembly is evolving to meet the needs of today’s engineers, creators, and businesses.

Surviving warehousing squeeze

Surviving the Warehousing Squeeze

The warehousing crunch has put a strain on electronics companies that rely on quick delivery of electronic components or PCBAs, especially from overseas.

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Electronics Made in America? You Need Workers First

Reshoring offers a solution to persistent problems of instability, lending companies the resilience needed to succeed now and into the future.

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Should You Manufacture PCBAs in the US, Mexico, or China

Transportation expenses, geopolitical factors, and the narrowing labor cost have caused companies to consider moving operations to North America.

Podcasts

A weekly electronics podcast where Parker and Stephen explore topics in engineering and hardware with guests, DIY electronic devices, and industry news.

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Riley Hall - Can Fictiv Make Beef Flags?

This week, Riley Hall of Fictiv joins the podcast to discuss how Fictiv connects engineers and designers to job and machining shops.

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Making Money the Hard Way

The US Mint Denver produces 30 million coins a day. Denes, the tooling department manager, discusses with us how production at this scale functions.

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The Yeti Job Hunt

Stephen is on the hunt for the next step in his electrical engineering career and shares the shifts in the industry and what employers are looking for.

eBooks & Guides

Get expert advice and insight into MacroFab's benefits with our downloadable assets.

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Making American Electronics Post-Pandemic: Reshoring is Key

This infographic provides information on the various reasons why companies worldwide are reconsidering their supply chains.

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When Silos Work for EMS Design (and When to Break Them Down)

While silos work for farm products, they don’t always work for electronics manufacturing. Companies have been working to break down the silo mentality.

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The Next-Gen Power Grid: Designing Systems for the Future

Technological advancements now allow us to rethink our approach to energy, with myriad benefits for individuals, businesses, and society as a whole.