Join IPC at their Materials Declaration Workshop Series! Complying with RoHS is one of the most difficult transitions the electrical and electronics industry has ever faced. It is affecting every aspect of the supply chain and the relationships you have built with your suppliers and customers. Ensuring, and being able to demonstrate, compliance to your customer and regulatory authorities involves gathering, organizing and storing a tremendous amount of data. Showing due diligence in the effort to meet RoHS is your most effective tool if your company is ever challenged. Process Orientation December 3, 2007 - Austin, TX Instructor: Dieter Bergman, IPC This one day workshop provides an overview of the process changes that need to be implemented in order to produce electronic products in the next ten years. There are material characteristics in both the printed board laminate, and in the materials used for assembly, that need new definition and process control experimentation in order to produce quality product. The assembling of components in the many possible configurations are also covered, as are new components appearing on the scene. They must be able to fit in to the present process without a disruption. Managing Supply Chain Partners December 6, 2007 - Austin, TX Instructor: Dieter Bergman, IPC This one day workshop provides an overview of on the methodology used to deal with trading partners who participate in the development of an electronic product. With the ever-increasing technique of outsourcing, it is necessary to establish an advocate or advocate team in order to communicate the design requirements and how these must be built into the product by various participants. It isn't enough of a challenge that the customer facility is no longer vertically integrated, where they did everything themselves. The manufacturing is now outsourced to other lands with other cultures. The topics explored include methods and management skills needed to communicate between, and among, the various members of the supply chain involved in building the product. Take advantage of our special offer! Register for two consecutive workshops and receive 10% off the registration fee for the second workshop. If more than three individuals from your company plan on attending at the same time, you will receive the fourth registration FREE. For more information, or to register please cut and paste www.ipc.org/MatDec1207 into your browser and download the registration form. Don't miss the opportunity to attend these informative workshops! Register today! --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------