At Chattanooga's Manufacturing Repair and Overstock, Inc. - or MRO, for short - a growing crew of nearly 30 people receives, inspects and fixes automated industrial parts from across the country.

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing ensures that electronic devices can function safely without causing or experiencing interference.

It’s not uncommon in cheaper devices to find a ribbon cable soldered directly to the circuit board like the one pictured above. Using a connector would have been a much more resilient approach, but ...