It depends. If this is a repeat order and if you are buying components
at standard lead times (often 10 to 12-weeks). If the boards are
scheduled for routine manufacturing at specific intervals, components
are generally not an issue. If you expedite parts in, the cost
escallates. As far as throughput, we build, test and ship everything we
do same day, using lean pull system. Helps on inventory turns and
eliminates (for practical purposes) all WIP. This requires daily
delivery schedules from suppliers, including our in-plant stocking
distributors -- but, typicaly if we have built a board before, we can
insert the release within 3-weeks (providing no parts issues are
created) and we even help our customers by delivering (on occasion)
within the same week. Depends mostly if tooling and test are set or if
you need NPI. If NPI, we would find 4 weeks fully tested to be great
service. That is more akin to prototype work than production volume,
which is what I am referring to.
All the best...
Russ Steiner
Manager, Marketing & Business Development
Phone 877-622-EMS1 (Toll-Free in USA)
Phone 989-539-1811 (From Canada/Mexico)
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|-----Original Message-----
|From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of d. terstegge
|Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 12:21 PM
|To: [log in to unmask]
|Subject: [TN] Leadtime
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|Hi Technet,
|
|My question for today is about logistics, and I apologize for
|those who think that's not technical enough ;->
|
|What do you consider a normal leadtime for a small batch of
|average-technology boards (let's say 100 boards with 400 parts
|each) to be processed through SMT, through-hole assembly and
|flying probe testing ? Where I work this takes 4 weeks as a
|standard (a little faster when it's really urgent) starting
|from the moment the workorder is released to production. I'm
|wondering how this compares to others that are doing
|subcontracting-work. Do you consider the 4 weeks competative ?
|
|Daan Terstegge
|Thales Communications
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