After the Covid lockdowns of 2020, the current state of supply-chain disruptions, including long lead times and price increases, has become the new abnormal. This article comments on supply problems from FOC’s perspective In recent months has your...
A new banner has appeared on our Fiber Optic Center (FOC) website home page to confirm that, in spite of current COVID mandates and travel bans, we continue to provide the technical support and partnership our industry has become reliant upon. Virtual options offer...
Part II: the CEO role during a global crisis CEO responsibilities, for the overall success of an organization, include creating frameworks for work delegation, establishing talented management and systems, and the strategy and goals for operations, marketing,...
Part 1: Changes in the business environment The coronavirus has raised many new and critical problems for businesses of all size – operational and strategic problems. Most of my comments today will focus on operational issues. Optical cable assemblies are components...
A believer that a business is only as strong as the community that surrounds and supports it, Fiber Optic Center, Inc (FOC) has always invested in our community and continues to find ways to pay it forward during the coronavirus pandemic. Frontline workers, those...
Managers in most businesses now face a common task: how to revise their twelve-month projections or plans for calendar 2020. This is a thorny problem. In a sense, we are still in a data-gathering phase before we can work on conclusions about how much demand may...
Throughout most of the telecommunication industry, manufacturing automation has flourished. Here’s just one example of successful automation: fusion splicing. The operator preps the fiber ends, puts them into the splicer, and presses a button. The equipment measures...
Taking stock on our 25th anniversary: As Fiber Optic Center moves into the future, we will build on our strong foundation to provide enhanced support to customers and suppliers As Fiber Optic Center celebrates its 25th anniversary, this is an excellent time to...
For years, connectivity in the cable industry was considered a “throw it over the wall” issue with a focus on leaving the problem to others who then became responsible for the convenience of connecting the cables designed to the outside world. It wasn’t considered...
Traditionally, the turn of the New Year is a time for change and Fiber Optic Center has embraced this tradition to its fullest for 2016. As you might have read in our recent press release, Fiber Optic Center Announces New President and CEO, as of January 1, 2016, I...
At Fiber Optic Center, we pride ourselves in knowing fiber optic cable assembly production inside and out. We often encounter people outside the industry trying to get in and asking, ‘why don’t we just automate the entire process?’. Great question and quite a few...
Here at Fiber Optic Center we are continuing the legacy of New Bedford in helping bring light to the world. Follow me for a moment here…. New Bedford is commonly referred to as the ‘The Whaling City’ for its deep history in whaling. During this period it was one of...
