Steve

You have hit the nail on the head. Until Purchasing becomes part of the concurrent
engineering team and learn what production's needs are, you will continue to cut water
with a sword --  and lose megabucks of money and time.

Brian

"Stephen R. Gregory" wrote:

> Hidee-ho ya'll!!!
>
> I just wanna say, I didn't mean to stir-up such a "hornet nest"...ya'll know
> me as a quiet sort of guy...right?...B^D
>
> Must say though, I've learned quite a bit about LPI soldermask processing,
> and that's what this list is all about. Thanks everybody!!!
>
> What has come out of this though, is that I'm determined to establish the
> means to be able to do our own cross-sections here. I want to either send
> somebody (or go myself) to the IPC-600F course to certify somebody to be able
> inspect and quantify what we get from our vendors.
>
> I just kinda' got thrown into the position of looking at the fabs we get,
> don't have any real training on this subject. But because my focus in the
> past has been in other areas, what little I know comes from what I read and
> what I learn from all of you.
>
> Wished I had more say as far as our purchasing department goes, but I don't.
> I could go on and on about the problems we have...we've got Philips equipment
> here but our buyers still buy parts from Digi-key...anybody that is familiar
> with what you get from Digi-key knows that you won't get anything that can be
> loaded on a tape and reel feeder, they'll be strips of parts...but that's a
> whole 'nuther thread...
>
> Hey, just want to say thanks for all the input!!! Still rejecting the boards
> though...
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
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