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Below are a list of companies that Ops A La Carte has chosen to partner with to help provide our solutions. Often times we either bring them in as subcontrators to our firm or work as a subcontractor to their firm. Our customers come first and we will do everything we can to provide a full service solution to them. And rather than trying to become experts in every field, we recognize where there are already industry experts and we partner with them when the need arises.

Next to each link, we have listed our relationship with the company and how we partner with them.

The partners are listed in alphabetical order, broken into two categories - Consulting Partners and Educational Partners.

CONSULTING PARTNER COMPANIES
	Adaptive Innovations Adaptive Innovations is a mechanical engineering firm specializing in the design and fabrication of HASS, ESS, vibration, and functional test fixtures. We also have expertise in the design and development of ATE's, test cables, work holding solutions, powered and unpowered carts, and custom applications. We handle small and large scale projects, including prototype runs. We provide exceptional project management and industry experience, and can help you achieve your goals on time and in budget. Ops A La Carte uses Adaptive Innovations for our HASS Fixturing needs.
	Adolph Consulting Services ACS is a professional consulting organization aimed at implementing scalable business practices and processes and developing an operations strategy that provides a sustainable competitive advantage. We will be your "virtual VP of Operations." We bring together a unique blend of operations experience that includes local and offshore sourcing, fast-track new product introduction, rapid implementation of business systems, the establishment of order fulfillment and product distribution channels, and the creation of "dashboard" reporting metrics. ACS is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses ACS for VP Ops and Supply Chain projects.
	Advanced Material Solutions Advanced Material Solutions delivers full turnkey and component kits to customers who locally outsource their printed circuit board assemblies. Most of our customers have small to medium-size volume, need immediate delivery, or need a lot of flexibility with timely and accurate communication. We are located in San Jose. AMS is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses AMS for component kitting projects.
	Airtronics Airtronics can handle fabrication projects, straightforward or complex. We serve a variety of industries including networking equipment, semiconductor, medical, test equipment and point of sale. Airtronics is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses Airtronics when projects call for sheetmetal fabrication.
	All Temp Engineering All Temp Engineering provides unmatched professional service in the Environmental Simulation, Test Equipment, Ultra Low Temp/Refrigeration and Systems Integration-Automation realm. The multitude of services we provide fulfills the needs of High Technology, Bio-Tech-Pharmaceutical and Industrial Food Processing industries. Ops A La Carte uses All Temp to help service and calibrate our customers HALT and traditional environmental equipment.
	Advanced Logistics Technology Advanced Logistics Technology, Inc. (ALTech) is a professional services company specializing in the areas of Logistics and Systems Engineering, and has been providing services to both government and industry since 1986. ALTech's major areas of expertise are Integrated Logistics Support, Logistic Support Analysis, Product Assurance and the specialty Systems Engineering disciplines of Test, Verification, Reliability, Maintainability, Human Factors and System Safety. Ops A La Carte partners with AlTech for help in the area of Logistic Support Analysis.
	Brass Analytics Brass Analytics offers a wide range of simulation, modeling and analysis consulting services, as well as analysis tools and training. Special areas of expertise include Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) analyses, market analysis and forecasting. Ops A La Carte partners with Brass Analytics for Markov analyses and other complex analytical techniques.
	Chart Industries Chart is a global supplier of HALT/HASS System Solutions and is the technology leader in HALT & HASS chamber design, control systems, data acquisition, complete integrated system solutions, testing services and consulting. Ops A La Carte teaches seminars for Chart's customers in the areas of HALT/HASS and how they tie into the rest of the reliability program.
	Design Chain Associates Design Chain Associates provides services that help Electronics OEMs increase engineering, procurement, and production efficiency, product and operational environmental performance, and corporate profitability by ensuring that 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. Ops A La Carte partners with DCA for help with component engineering analysis and in particular to help our customers understand all of the new regulations around RoHS.
	DfR Solutions DfR Solutions has world-renowned expertise in applying the science of Reliability Physics to electrical and electronics technologies, and is a leading provider of quality, reliability, and durability (QRD) research and consulting for the electronics industry. The company's integrated use of Physics of Failure (PoF) and Best Practices provides crucial insights and solutions early in product design and development and throughout the product life cycle. DfR Solutions specializes in providing knowledge- and science-based solutions to maximize and accelerate the product integrity assurance activities of their clients in every marketplace for electronic technologies (consumer, industrial, automotive, medical, military, telecom, oil drilling, and throughout the electronic component and material supply chain). Ops A La Carte uses DfR Solutions as a failure analysis lab and for much of their east coast consulting work.
	Find A Lab FindaLab is an online Test Lab Directory. FindaLab speeds a lab seeker's search for a convenient test laboratory having specific testing capabilities. HALT and HASS Labs, a division of Ops A La Carte, is one of the oldest and most experienced HALT labs in the world and is proud to be listed on FindaLab.
	Fusion Design Fusion Design is a full-service rapid product development company where ideas become reality. Founded in 1990, we support small start-up companies and large corporations with Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering services. We pride ourselves on providing complete solutions using many different technical disciplines. Our customer projects range from small plastic enclosures to large automated robotic systems. Our mission is to work as a direct extension of the client's workforce. Fusion Design is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses Fusion Design for mechanical design projects.
	HAAS Industries Haas Industries is a transportation and logistics company offering innovative, customer-driven logistics programs on a global scale. Our strength lies in our people: employees who provide first-rate customer service and creative solutions to even the most difficult challenges. Our services include reverse logistics, inbound procurement shipping, "just in time deliveries," training and evaluation logistics, and heavyweight transportation, warehousing, and fulfillment programs. Haas Industries is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses Haas Industries to help our customers with shipping logistics concerns.
	HALT and HASS Company New Zealand We are a New Zealand based company founded in 2005 to service the Australasian region. We provide comprehensive reliability solution along with quality test equipment, and services to add value to any company in the manufacturing sector. Reliability testing and manufacturing consulting are our main areas of expertise. Our Engineering staff come from backgrounds that have involved manufacturing, testing, development, and reliability development. Ops A La Carte uses HALT & HASS Consulting NZ to help setup and execute HALT and HASS Testing for our customers in the Australasian region.
	Insco INSCO is the calibration laboratory for all types of measurement devices provides ISO accredited calibration services for research equipment, laboratory equipment and measurement weights. Ops A La Carte works with Insco for calibration services both for their HALT and HASS Lab and when recommending to customers.
	Kent H. Landsberg Established in 1947, Kent H. Landsberg Co. is an industry-leading, ISO 9001:2000 certified, complete service packaging company. Offering excellence in design and manufacturing of custom packaging, JIT account management, and the most extensive line of packaging and shipping supplies available, KHL services industrial, food, and retail companies. We offer global services to countries including the United States, China, Mexico, the UK, and the Czech Republic. Landsberg is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses Landsberg for providing packaging to our customers.
	LebenTech LebenTech is a consulting company providing reliability and manufacturing engineering services, solutions, product and process support, through application of strategic research, associated technologies, mathematical modeling, scientific methods and extensive engineering analysis. They offer support for your team in the following capacity: CAD designs, product development, RAMS analysis, R & D, FRACAS Implementation, product validation, reliability testing and more. Ops A La Carte works with LebenTech to support our customers with RAM projects in the Southeast United States.
	Millennium Design Millennium Design is an industry-leading printed circuit board design company in Sunnyvale, California. We specialize in high-speed, complex PCB design and engineering services. Millennium is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses Millennium for developing PCB's for our customers.
	Niebuhr Metallurgical Consulting NMC provides metallurgical consulting for industrial and consumer products at all stages of their lifecycle. This ranges from materials selection before manufacturing to failure analysis and prevention during product use. Ops A La Carte uses NMC when we have failure analyses issues requiring a metallurgical specialist.
	NPI Solutions As a Product Realization Partner NPI Solutions, Inc. is a dynamic contract manufacturer and design engineering company providing cost efficient design and manufacturing services. From your conceptual design to global manufacturing NPI has the right solution for your company. We also just opened an office in China. NPI is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses NPI Solutions both here in the US and in China for our customer's low volume assembly and cabling needs.
	Nuvation Engineering Nuvation is a leading Electronic Design Services firm providing new product development services from requirement spec to production-release. Nuvation is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte has brought in Nuvation to help our customers troubleshoot existing designs as well as to come up with new design solutions.
	Paramit Paramit is a leading regional EMS delivering high quality, low risk, complete end to end supply chain solutions for complex products. Our expertise with printed circuit board assembly, test, and integration makes us an ideal manufacturing partner for OEMs in various end markets including medical, RF& wireless, and video networking. Paramit is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte offers our reliability services for Paramit's customers and acts as an extension of Paramit's team.
	Parnell Engineering PEC provides medical device and technology companies with product design and optimization services. Our experience with numerous projects has shown that an integrated approach to product development, including both simulation and testing, provides the fastest route to a final device design. PEC also provides patent/IP and expert witness services. Ops A La Carte uses PEC for many of our Mechanical Reliability seminars and solutions.
	Qualmark Qualmark helps the world's top manufacturing companies increase profits and market share, by improving both product reliability and time-to-market. Qualmark is the market leader in accelerated reliability solutions for design and manufacturing, with a worldwide installed base of over 6500 systems. Ops A La Carte teaches seminars for Qualmark's customers in the areas of HALT/HASS and how they tie into the rest of the reliability program. In addition, HALT and HASS Labs, a division of Ops A La Carte, was originally Qualmark's Santa Clara Lab run by Managing Partner Mike Silverman. The lab was purchased from Qualmark in 2006.
	Quantum Cad Quantum Cad offers high quality PCB Design Service for all industries, Full Electronic Product Design, SI Verify, High Speed Design, Simulation, hardware design, PLM Integration, PCB Design Software, Pre-design Study, PCB Design & Software Training. Ops A La Carte uses Quantum with our customer layout solutions.
	Quantum EDS Quantum EDS provides Zuken PCB Design Software – CADSTAR, training courses for PCB designers and PCB/Electronics Design service to all industries. Ops A La Carte uses Quantum EDS during our design analyses and modeling for services such as Component Qualification and Worst Case Analysis.
	RelQual RelQual Associates is a Sonoma County consortium of experienced independent engineering consultants in several disciplines, offering technical services in Product Qualification and Full-Service Environmental Testing. Each consultant runs his/her own business, sets independent rates and bids for contracts through RelQual acting as agent. Ops A La Carte partners with RelQual for providing additional engineering resources for projects.
	SGS Testing Services SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. Recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity, SGS employs over 50 000 people and operate a network of more than 1 000 offices and laboratories around the world. SGS Singapore offers a wide range of testing services, including RoHS testing, calibration, and many forms of consumer tests. Ops A La Carte uses SGS for a variety of different testing services, including RoHS, HALT and ALT, and Calibration.
	SigmaQuest SigmaQuest provides an on-demand suite of solutions that help global enterprises to build better products using business intelligence techniques for product design, manufacturing test, supplier quality, rework/repair and RMA/returns. Benefits are reduced warranty costs; improved product quality, lower costs of goods sold, and increased revenue and profits. Ops A La Carte partners with SigmaQuest to provide the experience in helping their customers quickly understand the SigmaQuest reports and teach them how to look for trends.
	Singapore Testing Services Singapore Test Services (STS), is a leading provider of one-stop test, calibration, inspection and certification to various industries for close to 30 years. With emphasis on quality service, quick turnaround time and customer satisfaction, it serves more than 1400 customers from a wide range of industries, helping them to meet their quality, safety, maintenance and environmental compliance requirements. Ops A La Carte uses STS for testing services with our Singapore-based customers.
	SMP Tech SMP Tech, Inc. offers a complete range of engineering and manufacturing services. We design and build robotic biotech equipment, micro-fluidic devices, medical equipment, automated machinery, test equipment, and other sophisticated electro-mechanical products for industry's leading firms, as well as innovative start-up companies. SMP Tech is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses SMP Tech for engineering and manufacturing solutions for our customers.
	SofTEQ Group The SofTEQ Group is a systems integrator for technology-based OEMs. We deliver innovative software and service solutions with the highest level of knowledge, expertise, and service in the industry. We combine best practices with business-ready software applications to help OEMs streamline development cycles, achieve compliance, accelerate product innovation, and improve bottom-line profitability. SofTEQ is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses SofTEQ for systems integration solutions.
	Soft Rel SoftRel provides software reliability predictions, training, tools and consulting. We have benchmarked and assessed the reliability of more than 90 industrial software organizations. Unlike other software reliability models, ours are executed before the code is written and are based on facts vs. opinion. Ops A La Carte uses SoftRel for our Software Reliability Seminars and Solutions.
	Solution Sources Programming Solution Sources Programming, Inc. provides state-of-the-art test solutions that enable companies of all sizes to capture market share faster. Specializing in design for testability analysis, benchtop boundary scan, and in-circuit testing, and offering 3D X-ray laminography and functional test services, we offer sound and reliable testing solutions, from fabrication to assembly. Working closely with your engineering staff, our experienced programmers can integrate your concepts, while suggesting alternatives to enhance your product. Solution Sources Programming is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses Solution Sources Programming to provide test engineering solutions for our customers.
	Total Business Consulting Group Total Business Consulting Group, Inc. (TBC Group, Inc.) is a consulting and training firm. We provide a cross section of services for business process improvement, from design through product delivery. TBC Group has over 35 years of international experience. We use real-world experience to resolve process breakdowns and their subsequent improvement. TBCG is a Product Realiation Group partner (www.productrealizationgroup.com). Ops A La Carte uses TBCG for business process improvement for our customers.
	Voler (division of Strawberry Tree) Voler specializes in designing all types of measurement systems. Analog circuit design, digital circuit design, and mixed signal design, as well as measurement and control software. Specializing in sensors, circuits, and software, we can design a new product rapidly that works the first time. Ops A La Carte has brought in Voler to help our customers troubleshoot existing designs as well as to come up with new design solutions.
EDUCATION PARTNER COMPANIES
	De Anza CACT The Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) of De Anza College is one of twelve CACT's in the state of California. The CACT is a nonprofit, grant-funded, economic development program which provides a wide range of training services to manufacturers and related businesses. CACT serves all industries from Santa Cruz to Mendocino Counties.
	Effective Training Associates Effective Training Associates (ETA) is the leading provider of engineering management and professional development programs. Ops A La Carte offers several of our reliability seminars through ETA.
	Equipment Reliability Institute ERI is a specialized engineering school. We focus on the reliability and durability of equipment ranging from aircraft to automobiles to telecom systems to satellites. Ops A La Carte offers several of our reliability seminars through ERI.
	Pat O'Connor The main drivers of Pat's teaching on engineering management, including quality, reliability and safety, are: 1) Dilbert is far wiser than most management "gurus". He is also experienced; 2) Quality, reliability and safety are driven by good management and good engineering. Math and stats play a very minor part; and 3) Standards like ISO9000 and others for reliability and safety are misleading and dangerous. Ops A La Carte is a local instructor for Pat's Test Engineering course and we also bring in Pat as an expert speaker for Reliability Workshops. top of page