Chris - "Full turnkey" means that the fabrication/assembly contractor has total responsibility for the product from materials acquisition thru delivery. "Partial turnkey" would imply that the customer plays some active roll in this arena. "Box build" means that the assembler has the capability to assemble, test and deliver finished goods, such as a computer system, IV monitor, sattelite TV receiver, etc. Most of the slick new PC's and sattelite dish systems you see boxed up at your local retailer or discount house were shipped directly to point of sale by a contract manufacturer, on behalf of the listed OEM, and have never seen the inside of the OEM's facilities. The term board build or card build would apply to a manufacturer who produced only the circuit cards. In most cases, the larger contract manufacturers have both capabilities, as well as product design and development capability. Regards - Kelly -----Original Message----- From: Chris Parlade <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 3:21 AM Subject: [TN] Questions >I have a couple of questions. I wonder if anyone can enlighten me... > >1) What's the difference between a partial turnkey, and a full turnkey? > >2) What are box built products? These are differentiated against what >kind of products? > >Thanks! > >Chris >-- >Interested in the Stock Market? Check out my site: > >http://geocities.com/cianoy/ > >Looking for a job? Are there vacancies in your office? Need career >advice? > >http://geocities.com/cianoy/philjobs.html > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > >############################################################## >TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c >############################################################## >To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the body: >To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> >To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET >############################################################## >Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional >information. >If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or >847-509-9700 ext.5365 >############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################