Check with the reps for passives.  In my prior life, our rework shop had
'kits' from several vendors. Nice selection of smd caps and resistors, in
little viles, all in a case.  It was a sample/prototype kit I believe.
Murata might have been one of them, but I don't recall exactly.

>From: "Alan B. Pearce" <A.B.Pearce@RL.AC.UK>
>Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [EE]: Stocking a new lab...
>Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 16:50:24 +0100
>
> >My question is this:  what is the best way to stock this lab so that I
>can
> >reasonably expect to put together barebones prototypes without having to
>buy
> >anything?  I'd like to keep cost down if possible, below maybe a couple
>of
> >hundred dollars, but I'd also like to know that within reason, I'll have
>a
> >few of most of the generic parts needed for most projects (i.e., two or
> >three types of diodes, two or three types of NPN/PNP/NMOS/PMOS/JFET
> >transistors, LED displays and drivers, etc) WITHOUT having to sit down
>and
> >order them individually.  Is there a company that sells a box labelled
> >"Random Common Electronic Bits"?
>
>Are you going to use SMD components? If so then you can get books with the
>full range (well 10 ohm to 1M) of a specific size component in in
>resistors,
>and similar for ceramic capacitors. It may be possible to get a similar
>book
>of AVX or similar tantalums. It may well be worth getting hold of a
>digikey,
>jameco ... etc rep to see if they have similar items for TH components. The
>books are reasonably expensive (in the UK about 130 pounds per book), but
>do
>mean you have a complete selection of values on hand. The ones we use here
>for SMD resistors have 50 of each value in the E24 series of 1% or 2%
>tolerance. You can then replenish each value as you get close to using them
>up, and they are in a handy reference folder, kept neat, tidy and in value
>order.
>
>Then select some op-amps, guess for your use you will want a low noise and
>a
>general purpose. Similar for general purpose PNP and NPN transistors.
>
>Most else you should be able to use the various suppliers already mentioned
>as overnight JIT suppliers for most things. I have found that by planning
>ahead I can usually design on paper (CAD) for a couple of days and get
>together a list of bits and then have a reasonable order arrive overnight.
>Always order about twice what you immediately need in op-amps transistors
>etc to build a stock as you go.
>
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