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[Hrvoje Lasic]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Ryan Mullen <rmmullen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Luke,
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:20 PM, luke.leighton <luke.leighton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >  ... well, they didn't.  ok, they hit us with a one-off charge... and
> > then did 30 boards by hand.
>
> How was the $133 per board spent? The shop I work for routinely deals
> with contract manufacturers in relatively small volumes and I doubt
> the price for raw boards, components, and automated assembly would be
> that high. Doing the fine-pitch stuff by hand is not a good idea and
> it seems that the money we put into it should have been adequate to
> cover the automated assembly. Was part of the price for someone's
> labor?
>
> In the future, if you want to contact me off-list with the relevant
> documentation, I could maybe get some quotes from the CMs we've used
> just so that we get a chance to shop around.
>
> Just to be clear, I'm not upset about spending the money. I am just
> disappointed that it seems like we're going to have more rework on our
> hands than we deserve.
> <lasich at gmail.com>


i think in this small volume production it is difficult to keep cost low.
you can maybe decrease price 10-20 usd but roughly you get higher price
then expected. also, it is good idea to buy parts from mouser or farnell...
which are more expensive but you get exactly parts you need.
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