Hello all,

I've been one of the silent watchers of this forum for a while now but I

decided to come out and ask some questions as well, so here goes:

We are running a project here at the university of salford in the UK
regarding implementing design for manufacture and test rules and
guidelines and as such I have been looking at the communication (or lack

of) between design and manufacturing in the electronics industry.

During my research, mostly through interviews with people in the
electronics industry I have recognised a number of possible reasons of
why this communication is lacking and I'm looking for recognition,
feedback or further examples of barriers.

The reasons I came across are:
1: (physical) distances between companies (even though electronic means
are available, a lot of people communicate better face to face)
2: fear of asking questions (people might not be sure of things but are
afraid to ask because they think they may look stupid or not up to their

job)
3: fear of giving away information (when working with a number of other
companies, people might be afraid to give away too much information out
of fear it may end up with their competitors)
4: the 'us' and 'them' syndrome (lack of appreciation or understanding
between disciplines of designers/layout people, bare board manufacturers

and assembly manufacturers)

I know this is a very generic question, but I've noted several
conversations on the subject, usually related to a direct technical
problem, and it seems to me that this forum is a very good source of
information because most people on here deal with these issues every
day.

I appreciate any feedback!

cheers,

Nils

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Nils de Caluwe
Ing.
Research Assistant

Department of Aeronautical, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
The University of Salford
Salford, Manchester, M5 4WT, United Kingdom
Newton Building, Manufacturing Lab.
Tel: +44 - 161 - 295 4562 Fax: +44 - 161 - 295 5575
Website: http://www.salford.ac.uk/rdmm/ims/Midas1.htm
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