It really blows me away when, in the many places I've worked, we have/had
design reviews for DFM, there was never a PCB fab representative in the
meetings. There were plenty of other people from all other areas, but
concurrent engineering was not practiced and DFM was? Can't be done. There
can be no concurrence without all major players involved. Of course, there
are a few board suppliers either incapable of involvement/communication or
are just willing to sit back and take what comes. Many, however, welcome the
opportunity but are never asked. I don't understand how boards can be
designed and assembled with such great thought, without including some
extensive knowledge about how they are built.

Earl Moon
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Brown <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 2:39 PM
Subject: [TN] PCB Manufacturers


> Well
>
> So far we have managed to obtain about 5 replies from PCB manufacturers
out
> of how may thousands worldwide
>
> Can anyone suggest a way of getting them involved ?
>
> Surely its about time that the people that use PCB,s( PWB,s) started
talking
> to the people that make them!
>
> I used to be a specialty chemical supplier to the PCB industry in the UK
and
> realized a long time ago that users of pcbs don't talk to the
manufacturers,
> they send them a design and that's it
> The problem is users don't often understand the processes involved in
> manufacture
>
> Any comments
>
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