Inge,

Very good point!

background: The purchasing agent who is driving this has a bonus riding on 
reducing PCB fabrication costs by $125K this year - with no adjustment for oil 
or copper costs.  So if she saves $125K and manufacturing costs go up $500K, 
she gets a bonus.  Not to mention their longstanding tradition of being penny 
wise and pound foolish.

Wit that, what are my chances of getting time or funding for a "really good 
qualification"?  Supposedly the D&B was done - I don't get that info.  Someone 
from our Shanghai R&D group visited the plant - but he's not a PCB guy.  I 
already know that their stated abilities don't meet our specs.  Manufacturing 
doesn't want this.  We've just spent months getting our processes somewhat 
reliable, adding junk plating to it isn't going to help.

But there's that bonus.  So I've got these pictures.... I don't want to lie, or 
exaggerate (much), but if I could find something comparative to scare the 
bean counters...... they just don't get the value of paying for quality up front.

I keep a curled up tie and round glasses in my office to wear during projects 
like this.......

Pete

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