Contract manufacturing: how much can they do?

Author

Langford, Tom

Author_Institution

Symbiosis Logic, Wichita, KS, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

21-25 Oct 1995

Firstpage

297

Abstract

Contract manufacturing (CM) for boards is here to stay. The cost of equipment and support personnel, plus the inability of companies to use the equipment cost effectively is forcing many to turn to CM. Today, the use of CM is critical to our success. The question is how much can a contract manufacturer provide? A product´s life cycle can be segmented into the following phases: pre-design/design, assembly/test through in-circuit test, testing after ICT/ATE, and field support. To successfully support each phase, the design center and CM must pool their strengths. The CM´s strength is its ability to perform a repeatable process in an efficient, high quality, cost effective manner. The DC´s strength is its technical knowledge of the product

Keywords

economics; electrical contracting; electronics industry; printed circuit manufacture; product development; ICT/ATE; assembly; contract manufacturing; cost; design; electronic equipment manufacture; field support; in-circuit test; printed boards; repeatable process; Assembly; Collision mitigation; Concurrent engineering; Contracts; Costs; Design automation; Life testing; Logic; Manufacturing; Personnel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Test Conference, 1995. Proceedings., International

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1089-3539

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2992-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TEST.1995.529849

Filename

529849