On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, John Ferrell wrote:

> There is a condition "economic order point" that comes into play. Selling
> your entire production to a single customer poses some special risks. It
> does not take long for that customer to control your fate. Selling more than
> you can produce with out extraordinary effort can cause manufacturing costs
> to skyrocket.
>
> If you really need that kind of quantity, may be it would be best to acquire
> the resources to manufacture them.

If I need a million resistors, SMT transistors, bridge rectifiers and
PIC12C508 for a production run, it's not exactly cost effective for me to
manufacture them.  I think the original poster was looking for large
quantities of components.  A million parts is nothing special to large
producers.  Of course I only wish I had to source parts for a millon
units...  8-)

Dale
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