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Design Chain Associates, LLC (DCA) provides services that help electronics OEMs and other product manufacturers increase engineering, procurement, and production efficiency, product and operational environmental performance, and corporate profitability by ensuring the right decisions about supply base and the environment are made during the earliest stages of the product lifecycle, and are built-in to corporate strategies and tactics. ( More... )
Maximum supply chain robustness and optimized risk mitigation can only be achieved by applying appropriate focus, strategies, and business processes in the early stages of new product development, thus we are "Design Chain Associates," not "Supply Chain Associates."
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Design Chain Associates
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EU REACH Update for Article Manufacturers
04.25.2012 // Posted by: Mike Kirschner // Posted in: Articles, Supply Chain
This month, DCA's president, Michael Kirschner, gives a brief update on EU REACH for article manufacturers. Keep reading...
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CE Marking as Applicable to Directive 2011/65/EU
03.14.2012 // Posted by: Ken Stanvick // Posted in: Articles, Supply Chain
In this installment, DCA's senior vice preident Ken Stanvick discusses the timely issue of CE marking requirements in the recent RoHS directive update. Keep reading...
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Conflict Materials Update
12.28.2011 // Posted by: Tom Valliere // Posted in: Articles, Supply Chain
Tom Valliere provides an update regarding implementation of section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Economic Reform Act commonly known in our industry as the “Conflict Minerals Act” as well as an overview of the issues and how this legislation may serve to provide a platform for more robust origin information overall. Keep reading...
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The Continuing March of Product-Targeted Environmental Regulations
10.12.2011 // Posted by: Mike Kirschner // Posted in: Articles, Supply Chain
In this installment, DCA's president, Mike Kirschner discusses updates to several Product Targeted Environment Regulations (PTER). Keep reading...
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Does the Cloud have a Green Lining?
08.10.2011 // Posted by: Tom Valliere // Posted in: Articles, Supply Chain
Tom Valliere discusses cloud computing, what it is, how it works, and what the advantages might be. Keep reading...
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RoHS Recast New and Improved?
06.15.2011 // Posted by: Ken Stanvick // Posted in: Articles, Supply Chain
DCA contributor, Ken Stanvick discusses how much improvement or significant change we might expect as a result of the RoHS Recast. Keep reading...
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