This Article is an edited version of a Presentation CPE Systems NZ Ltd gave at a National Instruments Technical Symposium and discusses some of the issues with Production Test Systems. A Case Study for a Rack Based Test System developed by CPE Systems NZ Ltd is also presented.

The Covid 19 pandemic has shown how fragile the global supply chain has become after decades of optimisation to reduce cost.  This points presentation outlines how Automated Product Test solutions can build robustness into your Electronic Product Supply Chain.