Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 03 19:43:57 EDT 2002 | peterson
Anyone who thinks that China is behind in the technology curve...hasn't been there recently. They learn fast, they can replicate (reverse engineer) like no other. It won't be years before they are at the same level as US OEM or EMS...it will be a lo
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 12:56:50 EDT 2000 | ptvianc
That is a tough question. I think that an important point must be made, and that is that the electronics assembly business is just that, a business. And, electronics asssembly companies are in business to make a profit. The profit, or "bottom line
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 12 19:18:34 EDT 2008 | arminski
Hi davef, couple of questions: clarifying costing of direct labor against overhead cost: an operator loading PCB onto the reflow oven is a direct cost, how about the reflow process time of the PCB while travelling inside the reflow, is that an ove
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 04 10:26:59 EDT 1999 | Morris
I am working on trying to define a cost per placement measure in our SMT assembly operations. Does anyone know where I might find a published industry average that we may compare to? I�ve heard it stated that an industry average is less than $0.01
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 15 13:36:44 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
I would take the following method to start Which defect is taking the most labor time to fix. which defect is causing a bottleneck to your production. Fix the one causing the bottleneck first as it will improve your plant output and profits Then
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 28 13:56:19 EDT 2003 | hruiz
HI STEFAN, THIS IS WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAID WRITTING WITH CAPS LOCKED??, OK THANKS FOR YOR ADVISE, YOU ARE RIGHT, THE PEOPLE ALWAYS WILL REJECT TO DO CHANGES, SPECIALLY AS YOU SAID WHEN THEY ARE USED TO WORK WELL WITH THIS MACHINES, RIGHT NOW I HA
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 28 19:54:22 EDT 2004 | KEN
If we are talking about Indium...then you will eventually be paying what everyone else is. The resource is diminishing especially with the application into the display markets. Same with silver. We are comming out of an all time low for silver....
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 19 22:48:40 EST 2007 | davef
Naw, your legend is cured epoxy that's not going anywhere. There's no magic solution that will correct the mess you've made [found yourself in]. Use a sharp xacto-like knife to scape the legend off. People should have noticed and corrected this bef
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 08:52:15 EST 2009 | ppminc
Quad is a very economical solution for you. We bought the rights to build the "c" series machines from Tyco. We have a contract to support Tyco parts for their existing customers & in return they support us on the labor side to do installs, training,
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 21 09:35:25 EST 2014 | gregcr
99% of the time the effort to try and track, count and update inventory takes more cost in labor than the parts are worth. We plan 2% scrap rate and move on with life. Simplifying the concept can actually save a lot of money in the long run. Can be
