RussellMc wrote:
> My number one rule for manufacturing in ... is "You have to be there
> !!!". "Being there" in an adequate manner over an extended period
> will cost
> you many tens of thousands of dollars (even if you subsist as frugally
> as I have been known to on some occasions in ... ).

Maybe if you have very high volumes such that you still come out ahead with
the small price advantage after paying for being there, this is worth it.
For most of us, that isn't worth it.

Instead, you can use a manufacturer that isn't trying to get away with
whatever they can, is in part of the world where the cost can still be low,
and is good at communicating.  I've had good experiences with Djula.  He's
pobably done a dozen or so builds for us by now, both for our own products
and for our customers thru us.  I have never been to Novi Sad or Serbia and
have never met anyone from his organization or even talked to them.  All
communication has been via email, and things have worked out well.

I have had things made in China, and it's a different process.  Like Russel=
l
said, you have to be much more personally envolved.  The unit price is a bi=
t
less in China, but unless your volumes are very high, it doesn't make
economic sense.


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