Jens, For pricing one of the more useful sites is Partminer. They are located at http://www.partminer.com/Pm_HomePage/index.asp Another useful site you might want to try is the American IC Exchange which is at http://www.aice.com/ A Andy Heidelberg Quality Assurance Engineer Crucial Technology, a division of Micron (208) 363-5697 mailto:[log in to unmask] > > Hi All! > > here is another problem we have with our assembly.... > > We get a few inquieries for assembly per week. We usually offer including > all componets. Getting component prices is really a pain in the 'deleted' in > Hong Kong. Specially since the inquiery/order ratio is something like 1:20 > > My question is: > > Is there any common component data format? > What software I can use best as a own input price databank? > Are there any online databanks where I can get quick reference prices? > > We are planning to set up a databank for ourselve, but I like to use a > 'near to reality' format so we can match one or the other inquiery very fast. > > You guys working in assembly must face probably the same problems. How do > YOU handle it? > > Any help is appreciated! > > Jens Behrens ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################