Brian Kraut wrote:
> Another consideration which is the big one why I still do my boards myself
> is the cash outlay for outsourcing them.  The boards that I do about 300 a
> year of have about $35 in parts on them.  If I need to have 300 boards 
> made
> to get a good price I will have to shell out ten grand at once.  Now I 
> just
> give Digikey orders for a years worth of parts and have them schedule the
> deliveries to spread them out over the year and still give me the quantity
> prices.

If it makes economic sense, by all means -- use local labor. If it doesn't 
make sense, outsource!

Our first product was first manufactured in-house, then outsourced to a US 
company in another state, then outsourced to a Chinese manufacturer. Every 
time, we were able to cut the cost in half, and free up resources for higher 
value activities.

Vitaliy 

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