In February '09 Elithion hired the services of 2 assembly houses, asking each to assemble 150 cell boards.
This table summarizes the experience.
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Terms |
net 15 |
70 % deposit, FOB |
Cost |
$ 11.52 ea |
$ 13.48 + 2.93 for PCBs = 16.41ea |
Turnaround |
13 days |
17 days |
Support required |
3 emails, 3 phone calls |
33 emails, 11 phone calls |
Documents |
BOM, Gerber |
BOM, Gerbers |
Delivery |
Dropped off to Elithion |
Had to go pick-up |
Quality |
Good |
1 component was the wrong value |
Personal |
Business like, to the point |
Very personable and pleasant, chit chat |
