Steve, I'm reminded of #4 of Deming's 14 points. "End the practice of awarding business on the basis of price tag. Instead, minimize total cost. Move toward a single supplier for any one item, on a long-term relationship of loyalty and trust." Lou Hart -----Original Message----- From: Stephen R. Gregory [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:41 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] E-Business auctions for EMS providers... Hey all, Today, just learned about E-Business auctions for contracts for work in the EMS industry. It's been going on for a little while I guess, but I just learned about it today...new stuff for me... Watched how different companies were bidding for work from a OEM...I have mixed feelings about this. It was for work that we looked at pretty closely, priced the BOM (it's turn-key), and looked at labor pretty close. Wanted to be competitive, but make a fair profit... I just learned about this, and watched for a bit how things went (this was all real-time), companies were bidding lower and lower, fighting each other...making bids for the business that would cut into the profit margins that was originally quoted... I guess this is the future of significant orders for us EMS guys, have any of you been involved with this? What are your thoughts? Just curious? -Steve Gregory- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------