Jim; You may start with a check list, a white paper or IPC document but before selecting a supplier you have to do a thorough quality audit. If you will go for a Far-East supplier, I would recommend a North American company that has facility there. This way; if there is a quality issue you have someone that you can communicate with effectively. Sherif -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stadem, Richard D. Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:25 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Abroad Printed Circuit Board supplier checklist I would first get a copy of Werner Engelmaier's White Paper at www.engelmaier.com. Then get a copy of IPC 1710. Then look elsewhere. If you are trying to save PWB costs, your best choice is in the U.S., India, or Europe. By the time the defects in the Chinese PWBs you saved $1.00 per PWB on become manifest, it will cost you several hundred thousand dollars to recover. You will have no legal options to get back what you spent. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of J W Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Abroad Printed Circuit Board supplier checklist Hi, Due to our recent introduction to poor quality bare board suppliers out of China, our purchasing manager is looking for a checklist of some sort that will assist us in qualifying new board suppliers. I'm asking for your input or suggestions on where I can find a checklist of items we should be looking at when qualifying a new bare board supplier. I have not searched the IPC website yet, but will be looking next, does anyone know if IPC has a qualification process already in place for bare board suppliers? Is anyone willing to share their list or qualification process? Thanks, Jim --------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------