Show purchasing the yield rates in assembly. Or maybe just show them current inventory vs. the plan they used to buy that inventory. Then point out how much harder it is to build a board than to buy one....... If you are concerned, keep the allowable number of x outs in a panel to a low percentage, something a good fabricator normally yileds. It will self limit the bad fabricators (or they'll just stop marking them and ship anyway). --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------