Hello Everyone-

To satisfy an upper-management directive, we (global PCB layout group) 
must find a way to measure our productivity, so as to be able to prove 
we're improving.

There are so many things that go into estimating a job... but at the 
moment I'm thinking that for input data, tracking Number of Layers, Total 
Connections, Pin Density, Total Hours, and Percent Carryover might be a 
good start for new jobs. I don't even have an idea of what to do for 
changes, as yet.

A colleague thought there might be something documented in an IPC standard 
somewhere that addresses ways to calculate job complexity, etc. I haven't 
located it yet. If you know of this, know of other reference material for 
this sort of thing, or just want to tell me what I ought to do. I'd 
appreciate it (I think...).

All the Best,
-Chris



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