Hey Steve,
Well, interesting situation ya got there. As it turns out, from my
aspect, you and I think much alike.
However, when consulting a dear friend of mine who is in purchasing and
has done electronic manufacturing purchasing in the past, it seems that
the only color there is, is gray, or is that grey, and it comes in many
shades!
Her initial response is that it should only be for the cost of the fab.
Then you start considering the agreements, the process, etc., etc. and so
on and so forth.
So, bottom line is, yes......and no.
So glad I can be of non-service to ya! I really wanted to help your sleep
but I guess I will have to leave that up to the brewski's in your local
frig.
I guess I just look at the word 'responsibility' a little different than
business/manufacturing does. I will say that in a past life we had some
similiar type situations with a major distributor who really made life
hell for us when they 'forgot' to order micros to our demand. Well, lead
time and everything else really hurt our supply of product to the market.
The distributor was raked over the coals in our offices and the rep was
very embarrassed to come around for a long time.
Sweet dreams Steve!
Richard Hamilton
Independant Resource
At 10:14 PM 6/18/01 EDT, you wrote:
>>>>
Hi All Ya'll...
I know what I'm about to ask, may seem petty, but I'll ask anyway...
Those of you that read my posts earlier about the delamination/blister
deal,
well this is related to that.
Is the persuit to finding out what happened with *these two" boards worth
the
time, lab services, etc...worth it?
Like I said earlier, it's only two assemblies...$1,500 dollars at the
most, a
decent amount of money to me (I could do a lot with $1,500 dollars), but
a
barely a drop in the bucket in the overall scheme of things...
The reason that I'm asking this question, is because I was enlightened by
one
of the buyers that even if we do determine that there was a problem with
these *TWO* fabs, the vendor probably will give us two new replacement
fabs,
but we can write the components off, as well as our labor...is that
pretty
standard?
Like I also said, this is the first time this has happened, with
everything
that was shipped to us since November last year...everything has been
pretty
good. Reflecting here at home, with a brew in my hand, me thinks I might
be
making much ado about nothing...I'll keep this in the ol' memory banks,
and
if it gets worse, then I have a history to base my "whinings" on...
So, learned ones, should I go the lab route and analyze everything to
"inth"
degree? Or just realize that it maybe was a fluke, and keep an eye out
for
the same deal in the future? If it does get worse, then would be the time
for
thumb-screws...but part of me says; "Steve, why wait for it to get
worse?"
As always, all ya'll, are the best...
-Steve Gregory-
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