{"id":327,"date":"2020-07-02T21:20:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T16:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plexusintl.com\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2021-08-11T14:58:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:58:05","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plexusintl.com\/us\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"327\" class=\"elementor elementor-327\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2403dc6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2403dc6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54b74d7\" data-id=\"54b74d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b0e239 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b0e239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OUR EXPERT INSIGHTS<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da34a7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-blog-list\" data-id=\"da34a7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blog-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t      \n      <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        \/\/this could probably be deleted maybe\n          var blog = [{\"thumbnail\":\"\",\"title\":\"Top Five Roadblocks APQP Teams Encounter\\u2014and How to Overcome Them\",\"date\":\"2025-09-23\",\"datefull\":\"2025-09-23 10:01:56\",\"blurb\":\"In the aerospace and defense sector, few initiatives are as critical, or as challenging, as Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP). 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